Former coach Eugene Eloff has spoken out about the issues that are troubling the union.
, have all signed contracts to move away from the Lions at the end of the current season.
“Firstly, the whole area where Ellis Park is situated, I personally think has got an influence. Secondly, and more importantly, if you don’t have sponsors, if you don’t have financiers like Motsepe and Rupert at the Bulls and the“I take my hat off to the way Western Province are playing currently if you take into consideration the off-the-field politics that they are involved in.
“I would say it’s time that the whole franchise got re-evaluated and maybe re-planned, and I personally think they should get away from where Ellis Park is situated.
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