No To Selection by Race
"SARU president Oregan Hoskins has told Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer to pick more black players.
Hoskins has instructed Meyer not just to pick more black players, but stated specifically that they must be ‘African’ black players.
Chief executive of the Civil rights organisation, AfriForum, has said that the issuing of such an instruction is a crude form of racial discrimination, and shows that SARU is surrendering to the quota threats of the South African minister of sport, Fikile Mbalula.
This introduces a precedent where race, and not ability, determines whether or not a player is selected. Discrimination not only threatens the continued success of the national rugby team, it also makes a mockery of selection. Race should play no part at all in their selection.
Such an instruction is in direct contravention of Byelaw 3(f) of the IRB Handbook, which prevents discrimination of any kind."
"SARU president Oregan Hoskins has told Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer to pick more black players.
Hoskins has instructed Meyer not just to pick more black players, but stated specifically that they must be ‘African’ black players.
Chief executive of the Civil rights organisation, AfriForum, has said that the issuing of such an instruction is a crude form of racial discrimination, and shows that SARU is surrendering to the quota threats of the South African minister of sport, Fikile Mbalula.
This introduces a precedent where race, and not ability, determines whether or not a player is selected. Discrimination not only threatens the continued success of the national rugby team, it also makes a mockery of selection. Race should play no part at all in their selection.
Such an instruction is in direct contravention of Byelaw 3(f) of the IRB Handbook, which prevents discrimination of any kind."
