Le Roux: Newlands debt doesn’t affect Stormers
Johan le Roux, one of the DHL Stormers’ new equity partners, said that the Red Disa consortium is helping to bring financial stability to Western Province professional rugby.
Johan le Roux, one of the DHL Stormers’ new equity partners, said that the Red Disa consortium is helping to bring financial stability to Western Province professional rugby.
Western Province Rugby’s pathway to the sale of Newlands Stadium is set to be cleared after a Western Cape Heritage committee decided not to declare the grounds a heritage site.
Western Province’s hopes of selling Newlands are reportedly set to receive a major boost after a 93-page independent report found the bid to have the stadium declared a heritage site met none of the criteria.
The proposal by a group of former players to have Newlands rugby stadium declared a heritage site could bring an end to Western Province rugby, according to administrators of the union.
The sale of Newlands rugby stadium is critical to the financial future of Western Province Rugby. Attempts to preserve it as a supposed heritage site won’t save the old lady but destroy WP rugby.
Gasant Abarder doesn’t subscribe to former Springbok captain Wynand Claassen’s view that the iconic Newlands rugby ground needs to be saved or its memory cherished.
The Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU) announced on Thursday that the Newlands Rugby Stadium was to be placed on the market in a sealed bidding process.
Check out this compilation of some of the greatest rugby moments over the years at the iconic Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.
The Money man, Mark Keohane and James Dalton preview the second Currie Cup semi-final that will see the Sharks travel to Newlands to take on Western Province.
Coach John Dobson says Western Province have shifted their focus to ensuring they are at their best in the Currie Cup semi-final against the Sharks.