Southern Spears

The Southern Spears are a South-African frankness from Rugby to XV. They should normally take share with the Super 14 starting from 2007. At present nevertheless their future in this competition is the subject of debate animated within the South-African Rugby . Spears will build their manpower starting from the following teams taking part in the competition domesticates South-African, the Currie Cup:

To border Bulldogs, representing half is Eastern Cape Province
Eagles, representing the part of the Western Wraps Province located at the east

agglomeration of the Cape.

Mighty Elephants representing the western half of the Eastern Wraps Province

The principal stage where Spears will evolve/move in residence is not known yet, but it will be most probably EPRFU Stadium of Port Elizabeth, the direction of the club there being located.

The frankness was in the middle of month of quarrels between the South-African minister of the sports, the directions of the franknesses from Super 14 country, and the South African Rugby Union (SARU). Following the decision to extend the Super 12 in a Super 14 starting from 2006, the South Africa is lived to grant the right to add a fifth frankness to four already what exists. Six entities submitted a proposal for a frankness for this new format from competition: the four existing franknesses, an entity representing Free State and Northern Wraps, and another representative the area of South and Eastern Cape (SEC). It was understood that the four existing franknesses would continue to take part in the Super 14, the conflict crystallized on the two others.

Finally, the entity Free State-Northern Cape was selected to align in the Super 14 in 2006. Nevertheless the entity SEC was seen guaranteeing a place in Super 14 in 2007 and 2008. To allow their inclusion, a system of promotion-relegation was instituted. It was thus decided that in 2006, the South-African frankness the least best classified in Super 14 would be relegated and would leave its place to Spears. For 2007, the frankness the least best classified except Spears would play a match of stopping tells the team relegated in 2006 to determine the fifth South-African team fascinating share with the Super 14 in 2008. From 2008, Spears could in their turn being relegated following the same system.

In 2006, Spears will align a team in the first division of Currie Cup in order to build a team for their beginning in Super 14 in 2007.

The five South-African franknesses from Super 14 current are strongly opposed to the automatic entry from Spears in the competition in 2007. They would wish that Spears play a match of stopping against the team the least best classified at the time of the Super 14 2006. An obstacle moreover was drawn up on the road of Spears at the time of the general meeting 2006 of SARU. Brian van Rooyen, discussed president, who strongly had work in favor of the inclusion of Spears in the Super 14, was dislocated of his functions. Oregan Hoskins, its successor, is in favor of a suppression, or at least of a radical modification of the system of promotion-relegation introduced by van Rooyen.

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