Because to beat the All Blacks you need real South African blacks, not imported blacks from Zimbabwe, not coloureds pretending to be blacks, not whites who have dominated South African Rugby since the bad old days of Apartheid.
The Springbok Rugby team needs 12 genuine South African black people in its 15 man line up.
Nothing less will do.
Coloured players are not black. They are coloured and they comprise an even smaller percentage of South Africa’s population than whites do.
Neither do we need blacks who came here from Zimbabwe, like Tendai Mtawarira (born in Harare) or Brian Mujati (born in Bulawayo).
The Springbok Rugby team is a racial disgrace. There is no transformation present at all. Putting more coloured people in the team is not transformation. Putting black people from Zimbabwe in the team is not transformation. Putting 11 white people in in the original line up is not transformation.
And don’t talk to me about selecting on merit. The white players, that so many South Africans think are so good, have ZERO merit. If they had any merit, our team would be winning, but it is not. Our team is a bunch of sad losers.
Here is my suggestion:
Get rid of all the white players. Get rid of all the coloured players. Get rid of all the black players from Zimbabwe.
Start again from scratch with no players.
Find at least 12 South African black players who were actually born in this country. Add 2 white players and 1 coloured.
You now have a racially transformed team, that will beat the living crap out of the All Blacks.
Oh, and get rid of Pieter de Villiers as coach and find a real black South African coach.
Coloured people are not a suitable substitute for real black South Africans.
Accept no substitutes. Insist on genuine honest to god, real home grown Black Power.
That is what the Springbok Rugby team needs, as well as a new name. Let’s get rid of all vestiges of Apartheid in this country. White racists chose the name Springbok.
We need a new name for the team, because without a new name, morale will be negatively affected.
Here is the team that went out on the field today at Newlands:
15 - Percy Montgomery (21-Francois Steyn) WHITE (WHITE)
14 - JP Pietersen COLOURED
13 - Jean de Villiers WHITE
12 - Adrian Jacobs COLOURED
11 - Bryan Habana (22-Conrad Jantjes) COLOURED (WHITE)
10 - Butch James WHITE
9 - Fourie du Preez (20-Enrico Januarie) WHITE (COLOURED)
8 - Pierre Spies (18-Danie Rossouw) WHITE (WHITE)
7 - Juan Smith WHITE
6 - Schalk Burger (19-Luke Watson) WHITE (WHITE)
5 - Victor Matfield WHITE
4 - Andries Bekker WHITE
3 - CJ van der Linde (17-Brian Mujati) WHITE (BLACK) - Zimbabwean
2 - Bismarck du Plessis (16-Adriaan Strauss) WHITE (WHITE)
1 - Tendai Mtawarira BLACK - Zimbabwean
This article was originally published on Cape Town news.
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Dirk Pieterse 10 months ago
I'm getting tired of hearing "The Springbok Rugby team is a racial disgrace. There is no transformation present at all". If anything, the game of rugby was 'invented' by white men, and therefore rugby has always been primarily a 'white' man's game. The great game of rugby was introduced to South Africa by the British in the mid 1800's when the Cape Colony was a British colony, and the South African Rugby Board was later formed in 1889. The first time the nickname Springboks was used was in 1906-7, when the first South African rugby team toured the British Isles and France. The nickname was invented by the first captain of the team, Paul Roos. In the 1990's black players also started playing for the Springboks, wearing the same Green and Gold as all the other white players, celebrating just as much as the white population when South Africa won the Webb Ellis Cup in 1995, and again in 2007. Stop going on about 'apartheid'- it's been over for more than 10 years now. Rugby in South Africa has become just another way for the new 'democratic' South African government to enforce their political views on the country, focused primarily on the white population. Rugby has always been the heartbeat of the white Afrikaner, and that's why the government abuse it. Rugby should be about the game, not politics. You want to talk about transformation, what happened to equity...? I don't care if a player is blue, purple, white, black, green or whatever, if he deserves to be in the Springbok team- put him there! Players shouldn't be chosen on grounds of race, or be given privilege above others because of race. I thought that was what the 'new' South Africa was tying to teach. Everybody in the Springbok team wears the Green and Gold- a sign of unity, because the Springboks are after all, a team!
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ruan pansegrouw 4 months ago
I wonder why the rugby team needs to change its name to show transformation?First in 1995 and 2007 the emblem is used as the miracle that reunites are good nation just for the same people to use it as a symbol of apartheid a year later.When does bafana bafana go for a make up and get the protea the goverment so bad wants for the springboks,but yet again if they maybe win a game for a change they'll might earn that logo.The springboks were the one icon that put south africa on the map.Proteas and the springboks are both realised as the best teams in the world with there current players.2 world cups in 4 attempts,a positive win percentage against every nation except nz(because of politics).just be a fan
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Pieter Visagie 2 months ago
Richard Catto hates the culture of the white Afrikaans speaking population. Apparently he had a hard time in the army, and now he hates 'boere'. He attacks things that 'boere' likes. Nothing more to the article than that. There is no merit or reason to it.
If you dont beleive me just do some research. Here is a blog post that pretty much summed it up for me. http://richardcattowatch.blogspot.com/
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