Oregan Hoskins's seemingly unexpected decision to step down as SA Rugby president with 18 months left to run on his current term is really just a shuffling of the deck chairs at boardroom level.
Hoskins has benefitted from, and been a victim of, a political system where a person is likely to remove a dagger from their heart with the left hand while plunging a knife into someone's back with their right.
He was effectively forced to jump yesterday after 10 years as president, but tears shouldn't be shed.
Rugby politics is a series of deals and compromises and its players are shape-shifting survivors, who thrive in an environment where personal gain often supersedes the best interests of the game. In fact, the entire concept of a president, when there is a chief executive running the business of rugby, should be reviewed.
Vice-president Mark Alexander will be the interim president until an election is held and in the meantime the business of rugby will continue.
Sources told TMG Digital that Hoskins cited a "breakdown of trust" between himself and the exco as the reason for his decision to quit.
Hoskins drove the agenda of placing the EP Kings in Super Rugby and their abject failure both on and off the field played a huge part in his downfall.
SA Rugby won't shed tears for Hoskins
Oregan Hoskins's seemingly unexpected decision to step down as SA Rugby president with 18 months left to run on his current term is really just a shuffling of the deck chairs at boardroom level.
Hoskins has benefitted from, and been a victim of, a political system where a person is likely to remove a dagger from their heart with the left hand while plunging a knife into someone's back with their right.
He was effectively forced to jump yesterday after 10 years as president, but tears shouldn't be shed.
Rugby politics is a series of deals and compromises and its players are shape-shifting survivors, who thrive in an environment where personal gain often supersedes the best interests of the game. In fact, the entire concept of a president, when there is a chief executive running the business of rugby, should be reviewed.
Vice-president Mark Alexander will be the interim president until an election is held and in the meantime the business of rugby will continue.
Sources told TMG Digital that Hoskins cited a "breakdown of trust" between himself and the exco as the reason for his decision to quit.
Hoskins drove the agenda of placing the EP Kings in Super Rugby and their abject failure both on and off the field played a huge part in his downfall.
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