Smash Rugby

It is thought that there is a lot of talented Rugby players that are not getting enough opportunity to play. This is true of the Springbok team, they have 30 potential players with a core squad of 22, that leaves 8 players who spend too much of their time waiting on the benches for a game. Then there are the other 22 players who are selected from each province. They too often go on tours with the team but rarely get a game.

It is hard to gain much needed experience and skill by sitting on the sidelines. These things are only gained during real game play and training. Many of these players are losing interest, some are paid big salaries for just sitting on benches. Their talent is going to waste because there are no clear procedures for ensuring every player gets an equal or set number of games. The main issue behind these problems seems to be the mis management of players, it seems money takes a priority over players welfare and progression.

The management of players needs to be much improved to stop Rugby talent getting wasted. A simple answer would be to force the trainers and managers to rotate the members of their squads more fairly.

If all members of each squad had the same opportunity to play from the same number of games then this would only improve overall team fitness. It would be doing what is best for any potential talented Rugby player. No longer should Rugby talent be wasted.