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[2016 Super Rugby] SA Transfers & General Discussion
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 809043" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>I think the road to the top is much harder nowadays if you're not at Varsity, yeah. But there are the odd ones who gets through unscathed. But the inevitable poaching from the NH clubs are something we have grown accustomed to.</p><p></p><p>If we take the recent Craven Week as an example, we had 22 teams participating, of which 2 of those teams were invitational sides from Namibia and Zimbabwe respectively. That leaves us with 20 teams where all the 31 players of each team are South Africans. That is 620 players. fresh out of high school.</p><p></p><p>There is no way that all 620 players will be snapped up by NH teams, in fact, I don't think even half of that will be lured abroad. Plus, most of the top players will be snapped up by the local unions too. The problem is that the fringe players are the ones that gets lured to the NH, and usually they are late bloomers who will in the future become even better rugby players. If I look at the current situation I would say the best 50 or so players are kept in SA, then the next 50-100 "fringe players" gets snapped up from the NH, and the last bunch of players quietly go on their way. Some go to Varsity, play some rugby while studying, and that's the end of their rugby career, others excel and become Springboks.</p><p></p><p>The thing is though with the Quota system, nearly 200 players didn't even make it to the Craven Week. and it's those guys who are a loss to SA Rugby. The get discouraged from playing because they know they won't be picked as they have to make way for another player of similar talent, perhaps less than him, because of the colour of his skin, so he looks to other avenues for a future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 809043, member: 40658"] I think the road to the top is much harder nowadays if you're not at Varsity, yeah. But there are the odd ones who gets through unscathed. But the inevitable poaching from the NH clubs are something we have grown accustomed to. If we take the recent Craven Week as an example, we had 22 teams participating, of which 2 of those teams were invitational sides from Namibia and Zimbabwe respectively. That leaves us with 20 teams where all the 31 players of each team are South Africans. That is 620 players. fresh out of high school. There is no way that all 620 players will be snapped up by NH teams, in fact, I don't think even half of that will be lured abroad. Plus, most of the top players will be snapped up by the local unions too. The problem is that the fringe players are the ones that gets lured to the NH, and usually they are late bloomers who will in the future become even better rugby players. If I look at the current situation I would say the best 50 or so players are kept in SA, then the next 50-100 "fringe players" gets snapped up from the NH, and the last bunch of players quietly go on their way. Some go to Varsity, play some rugby while studying, and that's the end of their rugby career, others excel and become Springboks. The thing is though with the Quota system, nearly 200 players didn't even make it to the Craven Week. and it's those guys who are a loss to SA Rugby. The get discouraged from playing because they know they won't be picked as they have to make way for another player of similar talent, perhaps less than him, because of the colour of his skin, so he looks to other avenues for a future. [/QUOTE]
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