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Chester Williams wants "quota" role in "quota" rugby

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Chester wants 'quota' role2014-09-09 10:32SHARE THISChester Williams (Gallo Images)Related LinksCape Town - Former Springbok wing Chester Williams wants to get involved in transforming rugby in South Africa.

In an interview with the Cape Times, Williams said he supported the SA Rugby Union's new Transformation Strategic Plan, which aims to bring all of South Africa's representative rugby teams, along with domestic teams in line with national targets in five years.

SARU wants to make sure that by 2019 at least half the Springbok side consists of players of colour, with 60% of those required to be black African.

Williams told the newspaper that for too long had there just been talk of transformation and not much action been taken.

The 1995 World Cup hero believes he is the right man to help SARU achieve its goals.

Williams said he wanted to partner with SARU to provide mentorship to players, help create goals and career plans for emerging black players, and acquire sponsorships to give more emerging black players opportunities to have training sessions.

Williams also said the lack if black coaches was a concern, questioning whether black players felt comfortable in an environment where the majority of coaches were white.

Williams, who played 27 Tests for South Africa between 1993 and 2000, previously coached the Springbok Sevens side, the Cats (Super Rugby), Pumas (Mpumalanga), Uganda, Tunisia and Romanian club Timisoara.

The 44-year-old said late last year that he would like a job in South African rugby.
sharkbok
sharkbokCaptain23,294 posts
10 Sept 2014, 01:35
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One of my favorite Springboks, and I watched his last test match liveagainst Ireland in Dublin. He played excellent but was taken of the pitch by Mallet before full time. 
However his coaching career has been poor so far, bar a coaching stint in Romania at club rugby that is hardly a hot bed of talent.
He threw his dummy out of the cot when he was not selected as the Springbok coach, even though he just started coaching.
He then took on a Curry Cup team and it was a disaster, than a vodacom team which produced the same poor results.
He may have some potential at coaching yet, given how good a player he was. However it could also be a case that he will not be a good coach and just a liability to the players and fans
With all this BEEE stuff happening, when will the goals for transformation be met. If the squad is 50% black in 2019, then will it be 75% black in 2025, 90% etc, etc in 2030..
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