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Kolisi: Madiba wouldn’t support quotas

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Published on January 6, 2019 | Leave a response

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi says he doesn’t believe former president Nelson Mandela would have supported the quota system.

In 2019, the Bok team will be expected to be 50% black, according to SA Rugby’s Strategic Transformation Plan.

In 2018, the target of 45% was met only once in 14 Tests – when the Boks played Wales in Washington DC – and the team finished the season with an average black player representation of 39%.

ALSO READ: I won’t cheapen transformation – Erasmus

In an interview with Kyodo News during a visit to Tokyo in December, Kolisi was asked for his thoughts on Mandela and the quota system.

‘I don’t think he would have supported that, but I don’t know him,’ Kolisi said.

‘You shouldn’t put a number on stuff like that. If you want to talk about transformation, you have got to start there [at a grassroots level].

‘Imagine I hadn’t gone to an English school. I wouldn’t have eaten properly, I wouldn’t have grown properly and I wouldn’t have had the preparation that the other boys did.

‘Maybe in the Currie Cup you can try guys out and push people in and see how they do, but you can’t just [pick somebody in the Bok side because of his colour].

‘In South Africa, it’s tough because we want results and transformation. The talent is there, it’s just about nurturing it.

‘I wouldn’t want to be picked because of my skin colour because that surely wouldn’t be good for the team and the guys around you would know.’

Meanwhile, Kolisi welcomed the news that the Boks will play Japan on 6 September at Kumagaya Rugby Ground in a World Cup warm-up match.

‘Coming here to this side of the world will help as we get used to the temperature and things around here,’ he said.

It will also give the Boks a chance to gain revenge for their shock 34-32 loss to Japan at the 2015 World Cup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CasRGM8nWk’It was a tough day for us as a team and it still hurts even now. But you have to give credit to Japan, they played really well,’ said Kolisi, who came off the bench as a substitute.

‘You could see they really wanted the win and they were smart. We never thought it would happen, but it did, because they were really good on the day.

‘It shook us a bit and it woke us up. It made us realise we had to be at our best at all times because at the World Cup, it’s all on the day. Reputations count for nothing.’

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