Next article
Previous article
Got an opinion?
Discuss this article in the comments section or register with the glasgowwarriors.com forum.

Search this site

December 30, 2004

Scotland's top clubs unhappy with strategic review

Posted by Editor on December 30, 2004 12:25 PM | One comment | Print | E-mail author
Scotland's top clubs have rejected the SRU general committee's agenda for this month's special general meeting.

Today's Herald reports that they will present a separate set of motions, demanding that nothing is agreed until a final decision is made on who runs the sport.

The Premier One Forum (POF) has registered dismay at the outcome of the game's strategic review. It has written to the SRU's general committee explaining that a counter agenda will be put before the meeting on January 30.

Kenny Hamilton, POF's secretary, said yesterday that governance was the vital issue.

"Even if we are heading for the promised land we have to know whether it is Moses or Mussolini leading us there," he said.

The forum met last week and agreed that the review was not sufficiently well developed or detailed.

That was before the SRU general committee distributed the motions they want clubs to vote on. These have now been published and forum believes there is a need to find a way of implementing the best elements.

"There is a failure to build from the base of club rugby. The performance system, with the creation of additional back-up squads, further undermines the role of clubs," Hamilton said.

"Governance is probably a central issue though, as we need to have confidence in whoever we give authority to. We will meet again on January 11 to pull together amendments for the special meeting."

You can read Kevin Ferrie's article here

Comments
Posted by Highlandbrave75 on December 30, 2004 03:16 PM | Reply to this comment

In a club sense it was 100% guaranteed that they wouldn't support the SRU proposals. The SRU's out to save money and grassroots/club level's where the cash is being withdrawn from.

Reading the proposals it's as if the SRU want to kill off club rugby within Scotland completely and rely on a "franchise super team scenario" and the International setup.

Add a comment to this article

If you're replying to an existing comment, please use the 'Reply to this comment' link above the entry. This will display the comments in a way which is far easier for other readers to follow.