WE GO AGAIN
KEVIN McCALLUM: Administrators could learn a bit from survival of the fittest
‘Australian rugby is awful. New Zealand rugby is wonderful. The South African Rugby Union is in need of state capture’
On a two-rail concrete jeep track in the Waterberg, after 3km of rock and rolling, and through bored herds of impala and wildebeest, past a family of warthogs and bum-scratching baboons, a man called Larrie asked me about rugby. That is not how I would spell his name, but in the Book of Sightings at the Clifftop Exclusive Safari Hideaway — again, not a name I would have chosen — that is how his name was written. I shall go with Larry. I know a few men called Larry. That feels right. Larry was our exclusive driver to the Clifftop, the short journey to the resort my wife chose to celebrate our one year of wedded bliss. Just two days of escape and love, away from a year of change and uncertainty and fear, to remember what we are and what we will be. Larry, the ranger, asked the usual questions: how do you do, where are you from and what do you do? I told him. Sports. Writer. It always brings a pause, then a "really", then another pause, then the question: "What is happening with rugby?...
Would you like to comment on this article?
Sign up (it's quick and free) or sign in now.
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.
Subscribe now to unlock this article.
Support BusinessLIVE’s award-winning journalism for R129 per month (digital access only).
There’s never been a more important time to support independent journalism in SA. Our subscription packages now offer an ad-free experience for readers.
Cancel anytime.
Questions? Email helpdesk@businesslive.co.za or call 0860 52 52 00. Got a subscription voucher? Redeem it now.