Kamp Staaldraad

The Kamp Staaldraad (words of language Afrikaans, which one can translate about as the Camp of barbed Wire ) was a paramilitary preparation, style camp of rehabilitation , installation to create a team spirit for the team of South Africa of Rugby with XV, the Springboks (or Boks ), during the preparation of the World cup of Rugby 2003. When the details of the preparation of the camp arrived at the mediae of South Africa, they raised a wave of indignation which put fire at all more the high levels of the administration of South-African Rugby.

Context

The preceding selector, Harry Viljoen, remain only fourteen months with the head of the Springboks with an assessment of eight victories, no one and six defeats. The England and the France gain twice, like the New Zealand at the time of the Tri-nations 2001.

Rudolf Straeuli succeeds Harry Viljoen over the period 2002-2003 and it is not better. The results are not with the height, the November 23rd 2002, the England corrects the Springboks 53-3, the Tri-nations 2003 is disappointing. Rudolf Straeuli wishes to produce a électroc-shock and to weld the team.

Facts

The selection of the 30 players Springboks for the world cup is made. Shortly after in September 2003, the trainer of the Springboks Rudolf Straeuli program the presence of its team in a camp of the police force in the South-African bush, close to the town of Thabazimbi. He delegates largely to his technical framing, the responsibility for the operations of management of the team in the camp After the controversies burst on the business of the camp, several members of the framing explained why the finality was to remove any trace of individualism in the players.

Shortly after the elimination of the Boks in quarterfinals of the World cup of Rugby to XV, a South-African newspaper reported that before the world cup, the Boks were sent in a camp of rehabilitation where the players had the order to plunge in a cold lake to recover rugby balls.

Appendices

Notes & references

http://www.news24.com/News24/Columnists/Keo/0,,2-1630-1634_1578345,00.html
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SPORT/11/16/safrica.rugby.tactics/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/3291925.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/4164237.stm

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