How to solve South Africa’s player exodus?

[biffer]

How many players are at Tigers under Kolpak?

Any idea what happens post October 31?

[teds]

How many players are at Tigers under Kolpak?

Any idea what happens post October 31?

There was an article in the Torygraph earlier this year that indicates kolpak players would be allowed to remain till the end of the season, but then would count as foreign players.

Sorry that was with a no deal Brexit.

[jgriffin]

How many players are at Tigers under Kolpak?

Any idea what happens post October 31?

There was an article in the Torygraph earlier this year that indicates kolpak players would be allowed to remain till the end of the season, but then would count as foreign players.

Sorry that was with a no deal Brexit.

And suddenly............

[TigerCam]

Some on here have a very Inspector Calls capitalist view of South Africa at the moment, that we should exploit the weak rand and sign loads of big Saffas to solve all of our current problems. While the signings of Liebenberg and Viljoen will improve our squad, I don’t want to see the Tigers taking advantage of my second favourite national rugby team.

As I’ve said before, the rand is weak, meaning clubs can’t keep players in the country and it’s currently not an attractive environment for sugar daddies to invest in (plus that model is not sustainable). SA Rugby’s rigorous enforcement of national player selection could convince some players to return home à la Toomua but not enough players are going to come back that way and it’s not really good player-wise or fanwise.

To stop one of the great rugby nations suffering and maintain the competitiveness of Super Rugby, I believe World Rugby should intervene and limit the amount of players clubs can sign from a certain country (not just South Africa but also the Pacific Islands), thus making Super Rugby more attractive to investment and coverage as more star players will stay and it will make the international game more competitive.

Thoughts?

Players need to make a wage. It is a world-wide professional game -unfortunately. Trouble is they come here, improve their game and then cause trouble for England at the next Int!!