I've been saying it for the last 3 years and people come out with guns blazing. Suddenly, it is plain to see. The KRFU has no vision for Rugby in Kenya! If last weekend was anything to go by, then we now know what their interests are. For the annual accounts to have a qualifying remark that the Directors of the Union get no financial consideration for their responsibilities, it leaves more questions than it gives answers. I have always asked, why is it that if the job is so stressful, no one is ready to leave? Watching the VIP stand during the Safari Sevens, I saw several people being cleared for not being VIP enough, only for a senior union official to let in two personal friends for his and ensure they were undisturbed (until it started raining of course).. but I digress as usual.
A Test Match is the highest level of rugby played between two nations. Flags are raised and national anthems are played. An honour reserved for heads of state and government. The teams are representatives of their countries and as such are awarded that honour. But to us, no.. even the Kenya Cup final was better prepared for. No public address system, no national anthems on tape/cd, inappropriately kitted players (giving mileage to a sponsor who has long ceased to be one!) the list was endless. Add to that no media to publicise the match and high entrance charges, one would really wonder if this was the first such clash in six years!
But oh, I am being mean. The fifteens team has no sponsor (reword to "we have not secured a sponsor for the fifteens team"). The sevens and fifteens teams have different management, different KPI's, different contracts (eehhhh) and everything different. We are unique in being the only country in the world that has a different union for sevens and another for fifteens (ooopps). I meant to say that despite it being one week after Safari Sevens with a full house of sponsors and a massive crowd, that money is not available for fifteens rugby as it is a sevens affair. Wait, I'm getting confused. I have always said, why spend Ksh. 70M in 3 days and then don't play any rugby the whole year! Something is seriously amiss here.
I am angry, I don't write well when I'm angry. Have a good week and pray for our leaders. I leave you with two words that can sort out 35M of the Safari Sevens budget. Facility sharing!! And by that I don't mean hiring Impala grounds for the village. Oh, and The Real KRFU's favorite, we need to see the accounts for Kenya Rugby Limited. Seeing one line in the accounts "Grant from Kenya Rugby Limited" makes no sense as a child does not give the father money.. ever. At least not where I come from.
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haHAHA U HAVE PUT MY THOUGHTS INTO WORDS SO PERFECTLY....
i wish i was a billionaire,wouldnt i put these punks in their place,but my greatest concern is the rugy management we need to beef up our 15z and i believe that the 7z programme is the best avenue for building the 15z,being in that squad,travelling the world,playing the crop of other countries opens up ones eyes you come back a more polished player as can be seen with tall,the guy was nothing at the time anampiu was coach but now guys are chasing after him to play pro,what am saying is dump all the 7z backs in the 15z and have them work hard there,in terms of backrow who better than opong n nyambu(tho he's becoming soft). what am saying in short is we should adopt the australian mindset have the kids play the 7z atleast for a season sur we'l play in the shield but it will be a bold move and huge leap at developing rugby in kenya if promising youth got a chance to develop themselves at the highest level,look at oscar from nakuru the likes of turi,mose,they will train with polished players like tall but will never make the squad simply coz the bridge between the two is too big,why not give them some experience send 8 youth out of the 12 out and let them learn. Let the sponsors follow akina tall to the 15z squad,iam quite sure that the sponsors will follow tall n collo to the 15z,these guys should have switched by now, i know its the money they want but if they made this bold move,ten to 15 years down the road we will hail them as the heroes and pioneers of kenya 15z because they will attract the sponsors to the 15z,namcos 1ce a house hold name in 7z has decided to look at the bigger picture,infact now i dont even know why am writing this coz my opinion doesnt matter much
That's tragedy bordering on the obscene. How does the Union decide to focus on the masses and follow blindly on the 7s tournament and give no hope at all to the 15s game??? OK not that I'm repeating your words but on that same day I happened to passby the RFUEA Grounds before the game started and one wouldn't believe it was the same place teeming with fans a weekend before. This goes to the highest office and it is surely going to haunt them for seasons on end. Why not spread some of the 7s largesse to the 15s game? Give them a 1/3rd of what was spilled into the game and the boys will up the game for sure. It is even tragic that even in their own turf they had to be accomodated at some dinghy venue while the 7s teams gets room service treatment. Tragic indeed !
@Sportskenya - it is really sad!!
101.7 what a show
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