Handré Pollard
The Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd on Tuesday confirmed that flyhalf Handré Pollard has been given permission to join Japanese outfit NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes for a 3 month spell at the end of the year.
Pollard will join the club in November 2015 and will return to Loftus Versfeld at the end of January 2016, in good time for the 2016 Vodacom Super Rugby season that starts in mid-February.
“Handré is contracted to the Bulls till the end of 2017 and we are already in talks, with assistance from SARU, to extend that to 2019,” said Blue Bulls Company High Performance Manager, Xander Janse van Rensburg.
“Handre had a clause in his contract to go to Japan and we are happy to release him for that. In the end, it will give us more leeway to keep Handré at the Vodacom Bulls for an extended period.”
Die Blou Bulle Maatskappy (Edms) Bpk het Dinsdag bevestig dat losskakel Handré Pollard goedkeuring ontvang het om vir 3 maande vir die Japanese klub, NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes, te gaan uitdraf. Pollard sal in November daar aanmeld en weer einde Januarie na Loftus Versfeld terugkeer vir die 2016 Vodacom Super Rugby seisoen, wat middel Februarie begin.
“Handré is nog tot einde 2017 by ons gekontrakteer en ons is reeds besig, met behulp van SARU, om dit tot 2019 te verleng,” het die Blou Bulle Maatskappy se Hoë Prestasiebestuurder, Xander Janse van Rensburg, bevestig.
“Hy het nog heeltyd ‘n Japan-opsie in sy kontrak gehad en as dit beteken dat ons hom sodoende langer by die Bulls kan hou en die voordeel uit ‘n moontlike verlengde kontrak kan trek, gaan ons beslis nie in sy pad staan om daardie opsie uit te oefen nie,” sê Janse van Rensburg.
27 @ MacroPolo:
The USA is not the biggest Economy in the world… China is!
Rugby Union in the USA is still in it’s infancy as a sport, as a POPULAR sport should I say…. whereas South Africa and New Zealand live for rugby, it is a religion here… and on top of it the traditionally strong Springboks, All Blacks & Wallabies present the UK and Europe with a carrot of playing truly against the world’s best, globally!
It is difficult to knot together… yes, definately… but we have to start taking baby steps towards it… in steps like the following:
Central Contracting
Global Season
More teams playing against Northern Rivals (eg Saracens, Bath, Toulon ect)
… and before you know it, the simple groundwork to make it more possible has been laid, according to a pre-ordained plan and vision….
If things were impossible in this world, the human race would still not have developed the wheel, siced bread, motor cars, flying… ect, ect….
grootblousmile wrote:
What happened to the synchronised International rugby season?
I know the rugby players association was saying they want it changed after the WC?
It would make such a competition viable
32 @ Victoriabok:
It is still on the cards… the problem is that it is just driven by those kak “Administrators Classes” you are moaning about… who will leave it be if it looks too difficult to achieve, in stead of going for it on a completely elevated and intense level!
@ grootblousmile:
It is definitely appealing.
It gets a lot of people very excited and all, but the viewers watch domestic games and that traditional rivalry will always be a driving factor when it comes to tv viewers.
So i may be small minded, but it is not due to the fact that i cant see the benefits for us, but what would THEIR benefits be? Global reach? The tv viewers are not interested in other european teams. The big broadcast deals are domestically.
The english even wanted 10 games in the euro cup but the frnech put their foot down at a meagre 6 pool games.
Look in football
The broadcasting rights for the english premier league is £5.1billion for 3 years. While the champions league is only £0.9billion.
grootblousmile wrote:
Ludeke is in case in point of leaving it be
@ grootblousmile:
USA most definitely has the biggest market potential of any rugby playing nation… Obviously in 10-20 years from now… But it is there to rival the french and english.
36 @ MacroPolo:
What I am saying is, we as South Africa must place ourselves in a better position each year… by doing the right steps now in preparation for the larger plans for taking part in Cross- Hemisphere competitions later… it is a staircase with lots of steps, but you won’t get to the top without the inbetween steps.
We need a Rugby Visionalry in SA… a Johan Rupert, a Morné du Plessis… a business man with big brass balls… to head up SARU, and to engineer these greater matters… in stead we have Oregan Hoskins & Jurrie “Vroetelvingers” Roux…
@ grootblousmile:
We will most definitely need a swindler of note. 😆
@ grootblousmile:
We need a stronger economy
MacroPolo wrote:
Not necessarily, if you play in an European or American competition you will get paid in strong currency
Not that it would matter with our poor rugby “administrators”, they would squander the money
Like they did at the EP Elephants
And Boland
And the Bulls
And twice at the Lions
The fundamental law of economics is that profits always go to those resources which are both scarce and useful.
‘SA rugby’ as a resource is no longer scarce (thx to HM & SARU’s short sighted capitulation to the demands of local fans & players that foreign based SA players should qualify for Bok selection there are now masses of quality SA rugby players plying their trade in France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Japan & even Australia).
And as a result (among other things) the utility of ‘SA rugby’ is in rapid decline (witness the poor showing and quality of our SR franchises & our CC Premier provinces). Our franchises and provinces are no longer powerful, and they play boring, dumb rugby to boot! If foreign clubs can cherry pick & secure the services of (progressively) our best players relatively cheaply & with impunity, why should they bring us into their tournaments/competitions & share their lucrative organised tournament profits with us?
Nah, 1st things 1st:
Arrest & reverse the tsunami of SA rugby players rushing to foreign clubs, and restore the skills, quality, attraction, utility & scarcity of our resource, ‘SA rugby’, & only then will we be in a position to negotiate a position for us in global rugby where we will be able to secure greater profits.
And this is not a quick fix – it is generational at best.
Tis economics, mon …
Angostura wrote:
SARU loves quotas so why not put a quota on foreign players?
Limit the Boks to three on the field and two reserves
That’s it
Pick
40 @ Victoriabok:
Well like I said… their domestics tournaments are the Top14 or premier league… ours is the Currie Cup… Huge difference in income for players and teams… so those countries will still be buying our players…won’t change a thing if we play 6 odd games in a intercontinental comp for some loose change.
41 @ Angostura:
I think in the short term this is our best option.
MacroPolo wrote:
Schabir Shaik? 😛
MacroPolo wrote:
They won’t absorb SA teams in their competition and they won’t travel to play in SA
That’s why I say we should capitalize the untapped US market now and get in on the ground floor
You’ll see SANZAR in there soon, why not do it now and make more money
@ Victoriabok:
You’re just keen on playing in America because you know it’s the only way your Bulls will manage to win an overseas game
38 @ MacroPolo:
No, we do not need another swindler… we need a man with international clout… like a Johan Rupert.
We need a man who’s integrity is beyond doubt, with fingers already entrenched in the UK or Europe… and with Rupert’s Saracens connections and money connections in Europe, he is in a class above most, if not all.
In addition he and his family reek of business success… and that is what SARU needs, business accumen, of the best!
It is a business man who will get us out of the quagmire we’re in, not a “Drol” on a toy pony!
Even though Louis Luyt had his faults, and a devious twist to his personality, he was a business man 1st, and led a very successful Lions Empire and a successful time in SARU history.
nortie wrote:
No the 12:1 Rand to Dollar exchange rate will enable them to keep a lot of players in SA
The Bulls are so k@k now the Yanks would probably beat them 🙁
@ grootblousmile:
To convince them then give us a chunk or their pie (which comes from their domestic game and not european cup), we will need a swindler of the likes of George Soros.
45 @ Victoriabok:
SANZAR is targeting Japan first, then USA, it will come.
Yo GBS, did you forget?
http://ewn.co.za/Media/2015/06/24/Rugby-World-Cup-1995-Springboks-Reunited
51 @ BrumbiesBoy:
No, did not forget, is is coming a bit later, I am busy putting news up.
MacroPolo wrote:
Yeah but they’ll decide how much profit they’re willing to hand over to us
If we start it ourselves they have to negotiate their cut with us
Big difference
I’d like to see a transfer payment from overseas clubs paid to the National Unions…There has to be compensation for the plundering of resources/players. Players who have been nurtured by said Unions.
As for a global competition… that would be brilliant…would take a genius to cobble that together…but if there is the will…there is a way.
@ grootblousmile:
I completely forgot! Only remembered when I was reading the news!
54 @ Te Rangatira:
Ah YESSSSS!
A Transfer Fee structure… that is a vital element which I forgot to add to my way of seeking a solution!
Good man… THAT one MUST be added!
@ Te Rangatira:
What is your opinion of Charles Piatau leaving NZ for France? Waisake Naholo? Colin Slade (youngish)?
Will be interesting to see if Naholo can get out of his 2 year contract, but these are 3 young current All Blacks making a move.
South Africa was an easy target because of the weak Rand, but eventually there will be more demand for Kiwi’s as well in the Top 14. Personally I think the breaking point will come after the Lions tour to New Zealand in 2017.
I agree the transfer payment makes sense, it makes so much sense, I have to wonder why this is not used? Would European countries agree to this now?
The Big advantage football has is that they saw this problem within 10 years of going professional in the 1890’s that rich clubs will just register players with the lure of more money, so then players were registered at one club till they get traded, (though they are legally allowed to move club when their contract expires without a transfer fee). The big problem is that big money firmly has their foot in the door to make all the decisions. So while football introduced the transfer fee from preventing rich clubs from hoarding all the players, Rugby has to introduce a transfer fee AFTER the rich teams have already started hoarding the players, this represents a big problem, and these clubs and countries are not going to give World Rugby an inch or shall I say SANZAR who are holding low mismatched cards at the moment.
@ MacroPolo:
We have to keep it real, I spose. The big cashed up clubs in France and Japan are going to try and lure the big names especially in a WC year. Yes, with the weak rand, makes it very attractive for SA players to mov. They can come back to SA and live very very well. I dislike the attitude however, of lets not even bother about trying to keep our players, I believe National pride and playing for representative teams means something and there should be a price to pay if you decide to play overseas and that penalty is…you cannot represent your country.
Nz loses a hell of alot of players each year and after each WC, players will leave for better money, lifestyle etc such as Piutau & Slade… but the AB jersey does help to keep some players at home. How Meyer can have players unavailable because of club commitments, I don’t know how South Africans can stand for it.
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