URC Boks: Let the players decide!

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The World Cup-winning Springboks must return to Vodacom URC duty whenever they feel like it, according to SARugbymag.co.za readers.

South Africa’s four URC challengers have made a slow start to the 2023-24 season with the world champion Boks on an enforced post-World Cup break. There are growing calls for the Boks to be given the green light to return to play, but almost half of readers polled (46%) on the matter believe the decision should be left to the players’ discretion.

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The current arrangement is the right way to go, according to 36% of readers who voted for the cavalry to take a month off after the World Cup. Surprisingly, only 11% of the vote called for the Boks to jet home from France and dive straight into the URC, while 8% believe the Boks can do with even more time off and should return sometime in 2024.

When would you have introduced the Boks to URC action?

At the players' discretion
45.96%
A month after the World Cup
35.81%
Straight after the World Cup
10.68%
Sometime next year
7.55%

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