Bulls to cut more than 100 contracts | Sport24news
contracting model of trying to buy up the best junior talent in the country is dead in the water, so much so that the Pretoria-based union may recruit less than a handful of schools stars this year as they try and offload up to 100 players off their books., the change of leadership at Loftus Versfeld has had to confront some harsh realities, not least so that the Bulls have the most players’ on their books at the moment - 204 players on contract.
The Bulls have been proactive, launching an amateur Volcano under-20 league where many of these players will join clubs and play club rugby during this time, but the sad reality is that almost 100 players on contract need to be offloaded.confirmed this state of affairs, saying the days of the Bulls luring players with lucrative junior contracts are long gone.
“We have different types of issues, we have the top players in this country all wanting to leave. We are fighting against the money situation and we have too many players contracted at this union at the moment. We have the most of anybody and we have just started cutting down, we still have the most.“We are working on that every single day - Pote, myself and Alfons - and my other staff are also helping with the contracting now.
Zondagh said there were discussions going on with other unions to take over the contracts of some players, but the reality is that the Bulls will probably only contract two or three players leaving school next year. “We are trying to get our pipeline sorted out so we know that in the fullback position for instance, we’ve got these players and where we will have problems. We are still carrying on with our normal scouting at all the festivals but the chances are where we are sitting now, I wonder if we will contract two players from the bulls for the schools next year.”
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