Read on Twitter
Seen some valid comments around the quality of some CC matches...not trying to justify or defend it, just aiming to add some context. In 13 rounds of rugby since Covid hit...not once did we get to train a full week...the semi final week was first one without Covid absentees...
...traveled to matches without coaches available due to Covid...multiple matches had more that 10 players absent for games...our staff and players,like many other people in the world facing death off close friends and immediate family members...
So yes...most of the games were sub standard..but I choose to celebrate every coach and player in SA, who during the most testing time we have ever faced in professional rugby,kept our industry alive....
I honour and celebrate our sponsors and fans for supporting us when sport was largely irrelevant due to people losing family members and livelihoods. I look forward to the @TheCurrieCup final between @TheSharksZA and @BlueBullsRugby next Saturday...
May we use this occasion to honour and remember those who left us during the last 10 months of this terrible pandemic and celebrate the sport we love. The quality will return,our players remains talented...but Covid19 will leave a legacy of hurt! Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika
