Boks coach hammered for whitening team

[bort]

All Blacks vs the All Whites

i know all my south african mates get embaressed by all this crap
its just utter garbage

should be 'if your good enough, your in' end of story
its like saying the all blacks have to play x amount of kiwis
..or ireland have to play x amount of rangas

[welshrugbyfan]

Wales has to have a certain amount of players named "Jones" in the team that is just mandatory.

[almac]

And the wallabies have to have a certain amount of "Tahs"...

[jargan83]

And the wallabies have to have a certain amount of "Tahs"...

Haven't you heard the spill about how their the heartland
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[jargan83]

just a question for one of our saffer members on the side, but i was watching the hockey on thursday night Australia vs Sth Africa and was wondering if this "transformation" nonsense applied to all sports in Sth African sport?

I'm fairly certain they exist in Cricket over there
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[lara93]

not to sure
but its because rugby is south Africa's national sport and they want to represent the different cultures ...thats probably how they want south africa to look..a non racist country
but it is pretty stupid

[jargan83]

if it exists in saffer cricket you would have to think so. I would imagine because its a government thing, not a SARU thing that it would be across the board
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[lara93]

yeah most probably
its one very annoying government

[laura]

I watched that hockey match, the women's one...was that Gordon Bray commentating?


I reckon that they have to have the best players in their team, regardless of skin colour, but at the same time they try to apease the greater population by having a mixed team. More and more the teams are getting 'whiter' but I dont know that its so much of a talent thing as more of a political statement. My personal opinion (so please don't shoot me down) is that because the President is black and the country seems to have a vast majority of white people, they try to have a snapshot of the demographic and at the same time avoid showing favouritism towards blacks, just because the President is. I don't know how true that may be, but I definately think that team selection is becoming more a political decision and less basis on talent.

(apologies if I offended anyone, I dont know the politically correct term for black and white South Afrcian people)

[Flamethrower]

The Captain for the SA womens Hockey team is coloured.

[laura]

So was the chick who got hit in the face when Nicky Hudson tried to keep the ball in.

[Flamethrower]

Ohh Yeah. Full blooded hockey ball is going to do some damage.

I still have dings in my shins from goalkeeping and having the canes in the pads broken with a very fast ball.

[jono]

from this.
the south africans would be happy to loose but have a balanced team? as opposed to win by fielding the best team possible, without taking the colour of the players into account?

[lara93]

as opposed to win by fielding the best team possible, without taking the colour of the players into account?

i wish they would do this!

[jono]

you would think that they would.
politics should stay out of sport.
like any of that shit matters when they are on the field anyway