JOHANNESBURG AFP: South Africa Rugby announced a radical contract overhaul on Saturday in a move designed to reverse the trend of talented players leaving the country. Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus said the existing model had to be “disrupted”. “We have been agonising over how to keep players in the country since the game went professional more than 20 years ago,” Erasmus said. “And the bottom line is that the rand is too weak and the economy of South African rugby too small to compete. “A South African player can earn more from a two-month contract in Japan than he can if he were to win the World Cup with the Springboks this year.

Source: Sunday Observer February 23, 2019 20:01 UTC