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<blockquote data-quote="Ospervat" data-source="post: 817467" data-attributes="member: 72942"><p>Here's the issue:- Schools rugby </p><p></p><p>It is not the exclusive privilege of private schools - it is played across state schools however the quality of rugby played by these state schools has dropped dramatically over the last 20 years.</p><p></p><p>Point in case - I attended a state school with a proud history of rugby in the eastern cape. We were always up there with the best - getting players into craven week and SA schools every year.</p><p></p><p>Today the racial makeup of that school is 80% students of colour and their rugby is absolutely nowhere - we haven't had a single player selected for craven week in 8 years - those days are over - however soccer is flying - This is quite typical of many schools in the area.</p><p></p><p>It is the private schools in the new South Africa that have tried to preserve the quality of rugby at school level otherwise this too would have perished but this is a very small pool and accessible to only a few of the most wealthy both black and white.</p><p></p><p>There is a right way (education and funding) and a wrong way (enforced bias) to implement social mobility across all spectrums of life. The political power in SA has elected to place racially based selection policies on the national side (quotas, targets call it what you like) but in typical fashion had no plan to provide the funding for education at grass roots level in state schools to ensure continuity of talent in future generations.</p><p></p><p>It's taken exactly one generation to seriously erode the talent base in SA rugby and it is finally paying the price. Be mindful - this recent epiphany is only the start - you can expect to see the erosion accelerate before performance levels out to one of abject humiliation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ospervat, post: 817467, member: 72942"] Here's the issue:- Schools rugby It is not the exclusive privilege of private schools - it is played across state schools however the quality of rugby played by these state schools has dropped dramatically over the last 20 years. Point in case - I attended a state school with a proud history of rugby in the eastern cape. We were always up there with the best - getting players into craven week and SA schools every year. Today the racial makeup of that school is 80% students of colour and their rugby is absolutely nowhere - we haven't had a single player selected for craven week in 8 years - those days are over - however soccer is flying - This is quite typical of many schools in the area. It is the private schools in the new South Africa that have tried to preserve the quality of rugby at school level otherwise this too would have perished but this is a very small pool and accessible to only a few of the most wealthy both black and white. There is a right way (education and funding) and a wrong way (enforced bias) to implement social mobility across all spectrums of life. The political power in SA has elected to place racially based selection policies on the national side (quotas, targets call it what you like) but in typical fashion had no plan to provide the funding for education at grass roots level in state schools to ensure continuity of talent in future generations. It's taken exactly one generation to seriously erode the talent base in SA rugby and it is finally paying the price. Be mindful - this recent epiphany is only the start - you can expect to see the erosion accelerate before performance levels out to one of abject humiliation. [/QUOTE]
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