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[2016 Super Rugby] SA Transfers & General Discussion
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 808943" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>If you want to get technical here, then the Province or Rugby Union has the developmental rights to those players.</p><p></p><p>SARU (South African Rugby Union) provides requirements and all standards each school should strive to be a rugby playing school. But its the provincial rugby Unions who implement the developmental tools at the schools. For example, Limpopo's rugby playing teams are all part of a school tournament that includes teams from Gauteng (Where Both the Blue Bulls and Lions Unions are situated) as well as the North-west province and Mpumalanga.</p><p></p><p>All the teams are ranked based on the amount of kids are at the schools and previous year's participation and performance. The Blue Bulls and Lions Rugby unions assist with the training of the referees, medics and assistant personnel. In some cases the Blue Bulls rugby union even pay the bill if the matches are hosted in Pretoria at the University's grounds, when a lot of the teams all have to be in Pretoria for matches such as the playoffs.</p><p></p><p>The Provincial Unions also have a mandate from SARU to assist in development of Rugby in the rural areas (Of which Limpopo has a lot of areas) but they struggle to implement rugby, as those areas have been also identified by SAFA (South African Football Association) after the 2010 Soccer World Cup and got a big chunk of funding to assist in those areas who are traditionally more soccer orientated. So what happens is the Union struggles to develop in that area, and the money is then diverted to another area for development purposes.</p><p></p><p>This year, a lot of funds were pushed to the Limpopo Rugby Academy, for U19 and U20 year old players who aren't in high school anymore. They have a training facility and a full time coach which they didn't have in the past. These are all guys who didn't go to University, are working full time jobs, and play rugby after work and on weekends. The plan is to send more funding their way so that in the years to come, these guys don't have to work full time or even part time, and can only focus on rugby and making it a career.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 808943, member: 40658"] If you want to get technical here, then the Province or Rugby Union has the developmental rights to those players. SARU (South African Rugby Union) provides requirements and all standards each school should strive to be a rugby playing school. But its the provincial rugby Unions who implement the developmental tools at the schools. For example, Limpopo's rugby playing teams are all part of a school tournament that includes teams from Gauteng (Where Both the Blue Bulls and Lions Unions are situated) as well as the North-west province and Mpumalanga. All the teams are ranked based on the amount of kids are at the schools and previous year's participation and performance. The Blue Bulls and Lions Rugby unions assist with the training of the referees, medics and assistant personnel. In some cases the Blue Bulls rugby union even pay the bill if the matches are hosted in Pretoria at the University's grounds, when a lot of the teams all have to be in Pretoria for matches such as the playoffs. The Provincial Unions also have a mandate from SARU to assist in development of Rugby in the rural areas (Of which Limpopo has a lot of areas) but they struggle to implement rugby, as those areas have been also identified by SAFA (South African Football Association) after the 2010 Soccer World Cup and got a big chunk of funding to assist in those areas who are traditionally more soccer orientated. So what happens is the Union struggles to develop in that area, and the money is then diverted to another area for development purposes. This year, a lot of funds were pushed to the Limpopo Rugby Academy, for U19 and U20 year old players who aren't in high school anymore. They have a training facility and a full time coach which they didn't have in the past. These are all guys who didn't go to University, are working full time jobs, and play rugby after work and on weekends. The plan is to send more funding their way so that in the years to come, these guys don't have to work full time or even part time, and can only focus on rugby and making it a career. [/QUOTE]
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