TUESDAY, 1.00PM:
CONTROVERSIAL South African Rugby Football Union boss Dr Louis Luyt has hinted that he could step down as the president of the Gauteng Lions Rugby Union.
Luyt and his vice-presedent Gert Augustyn were re-elected unopposed at the union’s meeting at Ellis Park on Monday. He said: “The time has come for a lot of new faces, mine included.”
Meanwhile, former Tranvaal Rugby Union — now Gauteng Lions Rugby Union — president Jannie le Roux has come out in support of Luyt. Le Roux also offered Luyt his full backing against the government-instituted Browde Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of Sarfu and its affiliates. He said he supports Luyt as well as his fight to retain his seat as South African Rugby Football Union president. “You are known as a person who always stands up and faces those who attack you and one who has the guts to take people on, even the government,” he told Luyt.
SPORT BRIEFS
12 BAFANA TO MISS GERMAN GAME AT least 12 home-based Bafana Bafana players will not be available for selection for the South Africa-Germany match on November 15 in Dusseldorf, Germany because of the semi-finals of the Rothmans Cup to be played on that weekend. Brian Baloyi, Mark Williams, Sizwe Motaung and Neil Tovey (Kaizer Chiefs), Dumisa Ngobe, John Moeti and Willem Jackson (Orlando Pirates), Alex Bapela and Isaac Shai (Mamelodi Sundowns), and Clinton Larsen and Simon Makhubela (Manning Rangers), will all miss the game becasue of club commitments. Doctor Khumalo, who is set to rejoin Kaizer Chiefs from his American club Columbus Crew at the end of the month, is also likely to miss the game.
CUP REFEREE GAUTENG Falcons’s Andre Watson will referee the Bankfin Currie Cup final between Western Province and Free State at Newlands on Saturday. Blue Bulls’ Tappe Henning and Jonathan Kaplan from Natal will assist him on the touchlines.
PSL FIXTURES THIS week’s Premier Soccer League fixtures:
WEDNESDAY: Orlando Pirates vs Vaal Professionals (Iscor Stadium).
FRIDAY: Manning Rangers vs Moroka Swallows (Chatsworth Stadium), Hellenic vs Cape Town Spurs (Green Point Stadium), Wits University vs AmaZulu (Milpark Stadium).
SATURDAY: QwaQwa Stars vs Supersport United (Charles Mopeli Stadium).
SUNDAY: Rovers vs Kaizer Chiefs (Pietersburg Stadium), Vaal Professionals vs African Wanderers (Iscor Stadium), Mamelodi Sundowns vs Bloemfontein Celtic (Odi Stadium).
KRUGER CRUISES THROUGH SOUTH AFRICA’S Joanette Kruger cruised to a 6-2 6-3 win over Bulgarian Magdalena Maleeva in the second round of the Luxembourg tennis championshipsin Luxembourg on Monday. Meanwhile, Kruger’s compatriot Amanda Coetzer made it through to the second round on a bye.
HOJ TAKES YELLOW JERSEY FRANK HOJ of Denmark is leading the Boland Bank International cycling tour after the second round in Paarl, Western Cape on Monday. Top South African cyclist Malcom Lange was eliminated after finishing 23 minutes 55 seconds behind Hoj. Nicolas White, who finished fourth, will start Tuesday’s third round as the top-placed South African.