21 of the best SA School players sign contracts overseas (Mostly France)
SB
It really shows what is wrong in the bankrupt SA rugby environment. The problem is that the SA rugby academies in the various provinces are already full and these youngsters signed learner contracts with the clubs to enter their academies.
If they are really good they go on to play for the contracted teams. An example is that of DH van der Merwe = who was at the Montpellier Academy and on completion of his academy training played two matches on the wing for Montpellier and from their moved to Edinburgh.
I believe you submitted an article that Wiese is going to leave the Stormers to play for Saracens - but according to the WP set-up he is going nowhere next year and may be contracted from 2021.
Ideally, the second rate players can be sold off to overseas clubs by giving them entry-level contracts in SA, and then mark up the sells price.
All the old geriatric players are returning to SA because there is no longer space for them due to younger SA players are leaving.
Now this, ouMaaik, this is tragic news, not your handbags in cyberspace.
I send kak karma to all em foreign clubs ...... li ke lowlife grave-robbers.
What is bothersome too is that the clubs are in fact destroying home-grown rugby by doing what they are doing. England in the latest WC squad had 8 players not borne in the UK and in another 8 years that number could be as high as 20 and even more, taking into account the number of SA, Pacific Islands and even from Australia and New Zealand players playing club rugby in England. The numbers in France, Scotland and Ireland are also on the increase,
WR should lay down maximum numbers for Clubs in he NH countries, while relaxing conditions in countries where rugby is needing real growth like in North America and Japan.


