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SA getting Cheeky with new Black Super 15 team
The South African Rugby Union is about to come under pressure from their government to force through a Black Super Rugby team just days after they questioned whether they should play a New Zealand Maori team as it would be selected on the basis of colour alone.
Eastern Province rugby boss and SARU President's Council member Cheeky Watson who is Luke Watson's father is behind the team to be called the Southern Kings which will be launched on the 16th of June - the anniversary of the Soweto riots.
The rumoured plan is to launch the team which is listed in the British & Irish Lions tour schedule as a Coastal XV and then thereafter they will feature in an expanded Super 15 tournament.
Already South Africa have two teams that struggle in the Super 14 (the Lions and the Cheetahs) but the pressure is on for this 15th team which will no doubt struggle even more than the Cheetahs who were South Africa's most recent addition.
Watson has urged Sport and Recreation Minister Makhenkesi Stofile to intervene and ensure the "Super 15 franchise" issue is on the agenda for an upcoming Sanzar meeting which is 'coincedentally' to be held this week in Dubai where the Sevens World Cup is being played.
The SA Govt have given their backing for South Africa to bid to host the 2015 Rugby World Cup but this could have been done secretly on condition that the new "Black Super" team goes ahead.
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