Resignation of Boland director of rugby
It is with regret that we received notice of the resignation with immediate effect, of Mr. Alan Zondagh.
Mr. Zondagh was appointed director of rugby in January 2016. His appointment came after extensive negotiations between him and the Boland Rugby Union, especially about his role and function as a director of rugby and persè about his relationship with management, executive council and board of directors.
The Director was not on the payroll of the union and thus functioned independently and without restrictions. During his term of office we did have several meetings where serious concerns were raised about his modus operandi and his scant disregard for the board of directors as a decision making structure and for bypassing existing policy that needed to be adhered to. Major differences occurred with regards to contracting of players and the apparent strangle hold on the elite squads and other structures of the union. The Cavaliers became 100% RPC based and practices and everything else happened there.
A serious point of contention in our deliberations was the need to stick to transformation targets and to work to a situation where the geographical equity targets would not be an issue once Boland teams are selected.
Mr. Zondagh is a well-known rugby guru and an accomplished business man, being tied down with rugby politics and protocols is not in his ambit. His relationship with Remgro has never been an issue and we are grateful for Remgro for assisting us in the way they did and still do.
We reluctantly, but respectfully parted ways with Mr. Zondagh and trust that his expertise and foresight would remain available for rugby in our region.
We wish him everything of the best
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