Kings accept pay-off to delay Super Rugby entry

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15-07-12, 19:14
beige

Kings accept pay-off to delay Super Rugby entry

The Southern Kings have reportedly accepted a R40m (£3.1m) pay-off from the South African Rugby Union (SARU) to delay their entry into the Super Rugby competition until 2016.

According to the Weekend Argus, officials at the Kings have confirmed that the Eastern Cape franchise will not join the Super Rugby competition next year as widely expected.

It is understood that they have been persuaded to wait a further three years by which stage a new broadcast rights deal will have been brokered that SARU hope will allow an expansion of the existing competition and remove the need for one of the existing South African sides to make way for the Kings.

Read more: http://www.espnscrum.com/super-rugby...ry/167243.html
15-07-12, 22:49
beige

Kings deny! They actually make us look competent.

The Southern Kings have rubbished reports that they have accepted R40m from the South African Rugby Union that delays their Super Rugby entry.

The Weekend Argus revealed on Sunday that the Southern Kings will have to wait until 2016 before joining the competition and that they took the deal due to the fact they had failed to sign a sufficient number of top players to compete next season.

However in response to the story, the Kings posted a denial on their official Twitter page.

"The story going around we've taken money to stay out of Super Rugby in 2013 is NOT TRUE! We will be playing Super Rugby in 2013," it read.

http://www.planet-rugby.co.za/story/...902754,00.html
16-07-12, 04:57
jono

Lol, this is almost as good as what's going on at rugbyWA at the moment
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16-07-12, 07:05
GIGS20

Apart from the fact that the kings look credible in their case.

RugbyWA's inexplicable silence makes it very difficult to defend them!
16-07-12, 17:45
Burgs

I wonder who they will be playing super Rugby against, they certainly haven't managed to play super well against anyone of note as yet.

I guess we should be thankful we only have provincial and sporting politics at play in Australian Rugby, a third layer of racial politics must make it near on impossible to function.
16-07-12, 18:09
Tonkar

Maybe the force will make way for the kings lol
16-07-12, 19:42
TrevorM

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Originally Posted by Tonkar

Maybe the force will make way for the kings lol

Don't tempt fate ...
16-07-12, 20:41
beige

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonkar

Maybe the force will make way for the kings lol

Nah they're shifting us to western Sydney to become the, er, Western Force ;)
16-07-12, 21:52
normie

Greater Western Force?
16-07-12, 22:08
jargan83

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Originally Posted by normie

Greater Western Force?

Does that mean we have to have Kevin Sheedy as our next coach?
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16-07-12, 22:12
beige

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Originally Posted by jargan83

Does that mean we have to have Kevin Sheedy as our next coach?
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No but we need to sign an AFL player on a million dollar a year contract.