So why have the Aussies sent a side there then?

Considering that SA have previously played in World Cups were they involved in any way in the last WC qualifiers?

Its a gorup of players looking for an away trip. They found some ruggers that will play Rugby League for a few games....so why not go over for the experience.

They didn't qualify because they don't play the game in South Africa.

Strange that they dont play RL when they have all these clubs. What do they play? www.sarugbyleague.co.za/club.htm

Strange that they dont play RL when they have all these clubs. What do they play? www.sarugbyleague.co.za/club.htm

Listen to me...just listen....right...are you listening?





There has always been websites claiming to be from a South African Rugby league competition. They go back to when I first got online in 1995.....always been a website claiming the game exists there.



It doesnt.





These sites go up....they look all shiney and new.....nothing happens to them for an age.....then get taken down.....then a new one goes up, all shiney and new......





Notice how none of the older posters here are arguing with me? Its because they have also seen this all before and they know I'm right.



Look, they were not allowed to qualify for the World Cup because they don't play the game there. Have you seen a list of the teams who were allowed to qualify ahead of South Africa?





They don't play Rugby League there.

There might have been a lot of hot air come out of SA in the past but there is little doubt that RL is played there now. A number of touring teams have played there this year already (the Australian Universities team is there right now) so we know for a fact that the game is played there to some extent. The current website is not just a list of clubs but also has results, photos etc and is updated more regularly than in the past. And if you look on facebook there are even an SARL group. The only reason SA didn't play in the WC qualifiers was because they chose not to for financial reasons. They were grouped with the USA, West Indies and Japan and the games were scheduled for the east coast of the US. Both SA and the Windies chose not to go because they didn't have the cash, or believed what cahs they had was better sent elsewhere. The RLIF have even made a point of mentioning SA as a country with great potential and from that you can expect that they will get some financial support as a result of the WC profits.

See him....an idiot sucked in by a web site.





Don't listen to him. I have no reason to lie.

Yeah, don't listen to me. Just have a look at this page.



[url:2jzf04lkhttp://www.sarugbyleague.co.za/videos.htm[/url

Oh geez, this ones a true believer.





Anyway people, as I said, no reason to lie. But we have done this South African thing to death and the fact is, the game doesn't exist over there until it needs to for some financial reason.

So now it does exist. We're making progress then.

Rugby League doesnt exist in South Africa. They dont have leagues, teams administrators or players.



When there is a bit of cash to be had, some union types put their hands up for a game....and thats it.



Rugby League does not exist in South Africa.