“I met a couple of South Africans in the hotel lobby the other day and they asked me how I was involved with the Lions. When I told them I was the defence coach they just said, ‘best of luck mate’.”
Shaun Edwards, British & Irish Lions defence coach
“I have invited Australia and New Zealand to visit us during the Lions series and engage with our franchises to hear the kinds of problems our teams have to deal with. The process stays the same with regards to the 15th team. It will play in the Australian conference.”
Regan Hoskins, president of SA Rugby, following the Sanzar meeting in Dublin
“We can take great pride in the performance of the Royal XV in going down to a late defeat against the British and Irish Lions.”
Regan Hoskins, president of SA Rugby
“SA Rugby have handed SA’s crown jewels on a platter to its Sanzar partners and given up the sixth franchise because Australia has made it clear that they would not allow SA to have it. New Zealand and Australia are laughing all the way to the bank.”
Brian van Rooyen, former president of SA Rugby
“Gentlemen, you look stiff. Please have a drink.”
Johan Prinsloo, chief executive of the SA Rugby Union at the welcome reception for the British & Irish Lions
“SA Rugby was in favour of and agreed to the distribution in three equal parts of the revenues from any future sale of rights to the Sanzar properties of Super Rugby and Tri-Nations as part of the Dublin agreement.”
Andy Marinos, acting managing director of SA Rugby and national teams manager
“When we negotiated the last broadcast deal in 2004, the Australasian unions wanted us to move the Currie Cup and settle for less than the 38% of the revenue. But we refused and walked out of the meeting and immediately boarded a plane to Singapore. By the time we arrived there, they had sent a fax saying they accepted our proposal.”
Brian van Rooyen, former president of SA Rugby commenting on SA Rugby conceding five percent of revenue to the Australia and New Zealand rugby unions
“There is no coach in the world who can make players, it is players who make the coach. I will be there to give the players direction, but if we lose we lose. We will never prepare to lose, but we do not have control over winning and losing.”
Peter de Villiers, Springbok head coach
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