Not all South African rugby heroes wear the green and gold, or play club rugby at the highest level, writes SIMON BORCHARDT.
Not all South African rugby heroes wear the green and gold, or play club rugby at the highest level, writesIn fact, I’d argue that the vast majority of them are players you have never heard of, playing for clubs around the world you didn’t know existed.
Many of them played in the U18 Craven Week or Academy Week while at school, but for whatever reason didn’t get a junior provincial contract. Some of them went on to play U19 and U21 provincial rugby, but then weren’t offered a senior provincial contract. We’ve even been approached by former SA Schools players who are now languishing in club rugby obscurity and probably wondering where it all went wrong.
When compiling Oval15’s club database, I was amazed at how many French clubs there are at Pro D2 , Nationale and Fédérale levels. We ended up contacting around 140 French clubs in total and were able to establish relationships with around 100 of them . We’ve negotiated professional deals for some of our players, and semi-pro deals for others which sees them earn match fees as well as income from a day job organised by the club.
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