Cash Crunch ousts Namibian team
NEWS: The Namibia outfit, the Welwitschias, was forced to withdraw from South Africa’s First Division provincial tournament.
SA Rugby Union CEO Jurie Roux confirmed on Friday that they had been informed that the Welwitschias will withdraw from the First Division.
“It’s unfortunate that the Namibian team had to withdraw,” Roux said.
One of the reasons for Welwitschias’ exit was the lack of travel funds.
The Namibian side was told by SARU that they should compensate teams travelling to Namibia – an impossible request that any team will struggle to uphold.
“Our [SARU’s] decision was that they have to pay for teams to travel to Windhoek for their home games, which they agreed to do,” said Roux.
“We’ve since been informed that they can’t do that anymore and that the Welwitschias will withdraw from the competition, which means that all remaining teams will now have a bye on the weekend they were scheduled to play the Namibians.”
Welwitschias was scheduled to take on the Griffons in Windhoek.
This would have been their third First Division season.
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