I'm not sure how much truth there is in this article, but it is reported that Montpellier is willing to pay CJ Stander 840 000 Euros a year.
That is an eye watering
R12 654 317
AUD 1 297 168
NZD 1 421 060
I don't even think the provinces have enough money to pay that amount of money.
To think that CJ Stander couldn't even cement a place in the bulls team.
Or it could be that he has a really good agent that knows how to get the Irish Rugby union to fork out more money
Killing the game.
Aha guys waking up to the problem. I read someplace that a third division French side pays more than a Bok contract.
Its a wonder there are any decent players staying in South Africa!!! This is one problem that perhaps could be somewhat alleviated but is really beyond the control of SA Rugby. No chance o f fully matching that money. If offered a contract a player really cant turn it down.
The Question is, what should we be paying our players if we want to try and keep our best players around.
Players like Lambie, Serfontein etc should not have gone abroad because SA rugby feel that they don't want to fork out the money.
They should have simply just taken the Super Rugby deal and use that to pay the best players and rely rather on Sponsor and unions to share a part of their ticket revenue rather than using all of that money on themselves.
Just doing a basic calculation based on salary bands of players could be paid.
Band A 750,000 15 11,250,000 Band B 500,000 15 7,500,000 Band C 350,000 15 5,250,000 Band D 200,000 15 3,000,000 Band E 100,000 50 5,000,000 Eur 32,000,000 Rand 544,000,000
The problem is that NH clubs are privately owned and operated on business principles. Fact is that SARU is - like most such institutions where politics play a role - is not an efficient institution and is badly managed.
One should never expect a properly managed institution from the current SARU leadership. .
Don't forget that Johan Ackerman was also a policeman back in SA before turning pro.
I doubt that he would do something stupid unless provoked.
Who would want to pick on a 2m juggernaut. This guy played for the boks back in 2006.
Don't forget that Johan Ackerman was also a policeman back in SA before turning pro.
I doubt that he would do something stupid unless provoked.
Who would want to pick on a 2m juggernaut. This guy played for the boks back in 2006.
