There is this notion that black African(sic) players are not coming through because they lack opportunity and that at youth and pro level they are not given enough encouragement and whatever else is needed to make a world class player. This notion pre-supposes that there are enough world class black rugby players just waiting to be uncovered. If I were to pre-suppose that there are many white Usain Bolts out there but none of them are getting the opportunity they deserve, I would be laughed out of sight. If I were to suggest that people of African descent be restricted to no more than 20% of the sprinting finals I would most certainly be carried off to an asylum.

We are all quite happy, at least those of us who are not prejudiced, to acknowledge that Black Jamaican athletes (who make up a fraction of a fraction of the world sprinting class) are predisposed to being better sprinters, that African Americans are better at football and baseball than whites, that Black Kenyan runners are better at middle distance running etc. None of these assumptions make us racist but simply accepting of the fact that some groups have genes which give them an advantage over others.

Yet if I make the case that the Afrikaner community and most specifically that group which has Huguenot ancestry, are physically advantaged and have a greater certainty at being world class rugby athletes, then I am a racist and a stereotypical white supremacist.

It is simply unacceptable in South Africa to acknowledge that we have a minority group who are genetically more capable than other groups. Instead we persist with majority nationalistic rhetoric, misguided delusions about equality and lack of opportunity, and more futile efforts to make into something that which cannot be made. We simply cannot mention what I have said here for fear of being run out of the country, yet this dishonesty is at the root of the problem in SA, the inability to accept that in some (not all) areas of sport, whites just have a genetic advantage, which has nothing to do with opportunity.

Anyway let me called racist and supremacist as much as is wanted. This does not stop me from appreciating the talents of the many black sports people who dominate their sports worldwide by virtue of their genetic advantage. I am not delusional or blind to the unfairness but inevitability of genetics and sports performance and it does not hurt my pride that it is so.

And another thing is the reactions of some white individuals are fuelling these politicians. Yes we all get angry at some decisions and statements made by these politicians but resorting to racial slurs and so on only divides the country just because of the actions of a few individuals in power. Racial slurs only give these incompetent politicians more reason to believe that this sport is just another stage for racism to take place even though it’s not the case.

”Yes!! Im good enough to make the SA squad…. Oh wait .. Hang on! ”

Oregan Hoskins, SARU and Fikile Mbalula (especially you mate) … go suck a D!#%

To prove my point if quotas will work just because 90% of SA is black. Make 90% of the Springboks black, and you will never ever see the the World Cup trophy ever again, why??? A hand out weakens the receiver, subconsciously programming the receiver of the hand out that I do not have to be the best, the color of my skin was part of the reason I am a Springbok. Look at Bafana bakakspeel. South Africa needs to keep what is good, change what is k@k and leave what is working. Stop envying evryone that is winning, create your own success.

If we extend this thought process over other sports we would call for more Chinese representation (quotas) at all levels of worldwide sport and the restriction of black athletes in certain track events to no more than 20% of the starters. Of course that would have us laughed out of sight.

I’m hoping that soon we will see a call for the restriction of white paid customers at rugby games and the refusal of TV money paid by white supporters, so that all financial inputs into rugby are made more representative.

But then again the coach decides and we’ve seen how he decided not to pick a BRILLIANT player (Heinrich Brussouw) who has proven himself each time he wears that green and gold jersey.

English-speaking players earn their right to play for their country, and God knows it’s tough to match up to the Boertjies! EVERYONE who gets selected to play for SA should be purely on merit. Beast, Siya Kolisi, Habana, De Jongh, Cornal, Sithole, Ashwin, Breyten, Chester Williams and there’s still the baby boks…

The list goes on, these guys deserve/d to wear the green and gold. Why do we have to now go and make our rugby suck because we’ve got black okes put in there because they’re OK?
All our black rugby players are honored to play for SA because they’re honorable men! If an oke gets put in the team just cos he’s black, he himself will feel like a doos cos a bloody politician put him in there!