Choose players from EC

26 September 2012

IT is with interest that I read of Cheeky Watson's efforts to recruit players for the Super series ("Kings announce signings, as they target Rossouw, Taute", September 20). Mr Watson, does this not negate the original idea of entering the Eastern Cape team into the series at the expense of more worthwhile franchises?

Was the idea not to give your local players the opportunity to gain experience at a higher level? This is after all your political view and supposed aspiration.

You now realise that your team would be totally lacking the required standard and now to justify its inclusion in the series, you look to buy players with more skill. You are depriving your local players of their right to compete at the higher level.

It is obvious that "money talks" and that the elevation of the Kings to this level is to your benefit. Place yourself and your egotistical efforts in the second place this time.

Face the league with your players, as you did have confidence in them to campaign and shout for their inclusion, but now you look for assistance not to look a bigger fool than you possibly are.

Come Cheeky Watson, stand by your players and give them their recognition. Don't turn your back on your immense local talent and begin a new team that has all the faces we already are all familiar with.

Show the world what you are worth (or maybe not!) and stand behind your dumb efforts. They must be efforts because they surely cannot be beliefs!

Brian Gouveia, Bloemfontein

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Report Abuse Author: thirsty Date: 26 September 2012 17:34

Cheeky has tried to get players from all the other super teams in SA and got a few, now trying overseas, I think makes a mokery of EP Kings being put forward in place of the Lions. Just imagine being one of the current EP Kings players who have being playing your best to develop the team to get to be put through and then you get dropped from the team for a player from another team or even country. Cheeky has I see given lip service to rugby development now that points on the board is all that counts.

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