Rugby is due to return to SABC Radio after TV pay channel SuperSport waived broadcast rights fees for Super Rugby.SABC Radio had announced to staffers that it would no longer carry commentary for Super Rugby and the Currie Cup almost two weeks ago. Budget constraints were the main reason ascribed for the revised strategy.However, SA Rugby engaged broadcast rights holder SuperSport to cut the ailing‚ perennially impoverished public broadcaster some slack."On behalf of all our rugby followers and SA Rugby‚ I’d like to thank SuperSport for this significant gesture‚" said SA Rugby president Mark Alexander on Wednesday. "It has worked with us and the SABC to find a solution to keep rugby on the radio airwaves and the waiving of the rights fee to which they are entitled is a significant step in that process."He said the fear that rugby commentary might no longer be a feature of the listening experience is very real and very worrying. "I trust that the SABC will now be able to reassure lis...
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