Rumours are doing the rounds in rugby circles that lawyers are looking for loopholes to help Bakkies Botha sidestep his commitments to the Blue Bulls Company.
Morris Gilbert writes in Beeld that Toulon’s sudden somersault this week, apparently aimed at making an end to speculation about Botha’s immediate future, could be part of a strategy that the administrators in Pretoria are unlikely to fall for.
Toulon issued a statement earlier this week to deny reports that Botha was joining the French second-division club.
An unidentified spokesperson has blamed “incorrect information” for a statement on the club’s own website in which the club’s chairperson, Mourad Boudjellal, was extensively quoted about a contract between the Springbok lock and the club.
How and why the “incorrect” information happened to be published on the website and dispatched as the truth to the rest of the world has not been explained.
Unlikely Blue Bulls will swallow story
When Toulon changed their story from Botha being the club’s latest acquisition to one that he would never play for the club, the original statement, still with the “incorrect information,” had not been removed from the website.
It is unlikely that the Blue Bulls will swallow the latest version of the saga. It seems the really big storm is still brewing.
The “Botha camp” have, according to the latest rumours, referred his contract with the Bulls to legal experts to look for loopholes that may make it possible for him to bypass his commitments.
Toulon and a top English club are allegedly interested in signing Botha if any loopholes are found.
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Morning KSA.
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Morning wpw,
Sien ek jou vanaand by Nuweland
Still deciding if i must go to the game…
You think there are still tickets available???
Hey Wpw.
hey Charlie.
So who you guys going for in the canes match?
The Canes should win it KSA.
They have a very good squad. Soioalo, Conrad Smith, Collins, Nonu, etc
wpw,
Check wwwcomputicket.com
Not sure but seems like there are only tickets left behind the poles 😥
KSA,
I go with the Hurricanes as well 😎
Well then i wont be going…
Hey if the tickets are behind the WP poles you should see a WHOLE lot of the action………well at least in one of the halves. 😉
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Not funny!!!
wpw,
You can stil try and phone my broe, just to check, put in some effort and show your loyal support to the Stormers
This is pathetic. Not even the Bulls, a union I loathe, deserve this level of disrespect. Botha is acting like a petulant child. You signed it, you’re spending the money, so no you see it out, you big prima donna!
I wonder if he has a performance clause in his contract
29.02.08 09:22:53 – robdylan
Ja I am beginning to seriously doubt we will see Botha vintage S14 2006 vs the Sharks tommorrow night…I suspect we will see a player just going through the paces.
DP – if he wants to commit career suicide by playing even one iota below his best, then I will lose the remaining shred of respect I have for him.