I don't know if you okes read the latest article from Rassie where he pointed out that England and the foreign teams are paying for our players and that they are dumb for allowing foreign players to take up spots of developing more talent.
On one hand he has a very good point, but why would you say that? Our players are developing really nicely and have actually gotten better playing outside of SA as these clubs spend more time looking after them than our local franchises.
Not sure if this will backfire or is it a clever ploy to get SA players back in SA, however, not sure if I was player whether I would have been happy losing all that money.
Clubs are already moaning at the high price and little returns they are getting from SA players. Namely Etzebeth and Pollard hardly playing any games to injury picked up while playing international rugby.
But looks like France and England has been good for our players both development and financially.
SA saving a ton of money not having to keep all of these players on their books, but I still would prefer our Franchises to have the best players available.
So not sure how I feel about this statement
