Vodacom takes rugby to the community
Vodacom will take rugby to the community with the Vodacom Bulletjie Rugby Day set for Atteridgeville on Saturday, 7 June, where the young players will be playing at the Lucas Moripe Stadium.
Approximately 1200 young budding Vodacom Bulletjie rugby players will be in action where they will experience the joys of playing the game within a much wider rugby community, and where a strong emphasis is placed on participation.
The day has a strong development theme with kids from township schools in the
BBRU development clusters from areas such as Atteridgeville, Mamelodi, Eersterust and Soshanguve.
The little boys and girls will continue a proud tradition in the biggest mini-rugby project in South Africa which is the first initiative of its kind in the country where they will be playing each other from 08:00 to 13:00.
The primary goal of the day is to instil sportsmanship, a love for rugby and the Vodacom Bulls franchise.
In Vodacom Bulletjie rugby players do not tackle each other, instead each player wears a ribbon on either side. When the ball carrier’s ribbon is ‘ripped’, he must pass the ball to a team mate within three seconds or three steps.
After passing the ball, the player must re-attach the ribbon to his belt before taking part in the game again. The player executing the ‘rip’ shouts “rip”, and holds the ribbon up in the air. The referee will then acknowledge the ‘rip’.
The player who performed the ‘rip’ must hand the ribbon back to the opponent immediately – only thereafter may the player participate in play.
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