SA Rugby assumes administrative control of WPRFU
SA Rugby has advised the Western Province Rugby Football Union that it is invoking its constitutional power to take administrative control of the union.
SA Rugby has advised the Western Province Rugby Football Union that it is invoking its constitutional power to take administrative control of the union.
Western Province Professional Rugby chairman Ebrahim Rasool has accused union president Zelt Marais of sitting on a potential equity deal for the past six months.
SA Rugby is believed to be putting measures in place to ensure there can be no legal challenges should a decision be made to place the Western Province Rugby Football Union under administration.
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Western Province appears destined to be put under administration after SA Rugby pulled out of the joint advisory committee.
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Zelt Marais has laughed off the attempt by disgruntled clubs to table a motion of no confidence in the leadership of the president of the Western Province Rugby Football Union.