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SARU Briefing Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation

19 February 2013

Contents

• Recap of last appearance

• Events since May 2012 briefing

– Transformation Indaba

– Transformation workshops

– School and club rugby research project

• Outcomes of research and workshops

• SARU’s draft transformation targets

• Timelines

Parliamentary Portfolio Committee| 19 February 2013

Committee briefing (May 2012)

What WE said:

• Rugby had spent R0,5bn on development and transformation over 20 years

• Rugby’s playing, supporting and administrative ‘face’ is unrecognisable from the sport’s 1992 demographics

• Our next step was align SARU’s transformation strategy with Government’s ‘National Sports Recreation Plan’

• Seven strategic dimensions identified for targeting

• Investing R72m in development in 2012

• Prioritising schools development as the ‘Springbok cradle’


Committee briefing (May 2012)

What YOU said:

• It was a better presentation than predecessors but lacked detail or timelines

• That gender and the shortage of black administrators had to be addressed

• That provincial union constitutions should be aligned with SARU’s

• That more should be done for rugby in rural areas

• And you asked what we were doing for non-rugby playing schools


Since then…

• We called all our unions together for a Transformation Indaba where our Strategic Implementation Plan was workshopped

• It addressed the areas you raised of gender; the paucity of black administrators; the questions of access in rural areas; of governance; of skills; of procurement and of demographics

• And we concluded with a road map and all members signing the Transformation Declaration


Transformation Declaration

We, the undersigned, declare that the members of the South African Rugby Union will adopt deliberate transformation initiatives in order to ensure that equal opportunities exist for all South Africans to participate and excel in our sport.

Transformation is the process of holistically changing the delivery of sport through our actions to ensure increased access and opportunities in rugby for all South Africans.

At the heart of our strategy will be the Strategic Transformation Plan, the purpose of which will be to establish a competitive and demographically representative rugby system guided by the values of equal opportunity, fairness and just behaviour, equitable resource distribution, empowerment, and affirmation.



The Strategic Transformation Plan will: • Increase the number of black people involved at all levels of the

game • Ensure rugby is accessible to all who wish to participate • Improve skills and performance in identified coaches, referees,

administrators and players • Ensure equitable representation of black people at all levels of SARU • Ensure goods and services are preferentially procured • Focus on quality and merit to deliver world-class performances on

the field of play • Take effective actions to increase the number of new players and

spectators



The SARU constitution places the responsibility on administrators to adopt and enact “measures that will foster, promote, regulate and encourage the playing of rugby and provide facilities for rugby in South Africa for all persons, irrespective of race, colour, creed or gender, and to eliminate any discrimination and inequality amongst players and officials”.

The Strategic Transformation Plan will be the embodiment of that constitutional duty and by placing my signature here I reaffirm my union’s commitment to its principles and our determination to realise them.


Since then

• We’ve audited rugby’s landscape

• Workshops have been held with all 14 provinces to examine the practicality of our transformation targets

• We have drafted transformation targets for 2013


The Rugby Landscape – International*

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27 33

28 27

35

26 28 29 27 27

19 20 21 22 20 20 22 19 18 17

20

35 31

41

29 26

32

45 45

57

73 77

85 88

91 92

73

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60

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61 62 67

61

44 40 38

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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Ave.

Springboks

Super Rugby

U20s

SA Women

Sevens

Proportion of black players in SARU national teams


* SARU figures for 2003 to 2012

Springbok Representation – 2011 v 2012


SARU figures

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10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

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2011 2012

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9 8

4 6

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Coloured

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The Rugby Landscape – Provincial*

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* Provinces self-audited figures for 2012

Since then

• The first major audit of club and school rugby in South Africa is being concluded with some startling findings and key insights



86%

14%

54% 46%

82%

18%

97%

3% 85%

15%

96%

4%

84%

16%

98%

2%

97%

3%

Proportion of rugby playing schools by political province

* Sports Science Institute of SA research (2012) against schools data for 2010

Schools and clubs by political province


370

113

222

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41 21 47 55

446 458

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64 51

40

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263

40

85 70

33 23 44

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Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KZN Limpopo Mpumalanga Northern Cape North West Western Cape

Primary Schools High Schools Clubs

* Sports Science Institute of SA research (2012)

Key findings


Rugby is NOT a national sport at school level. Only 1 in every 35 schools play rugby in Limpopo,

Mpumalanga, KZN and North West

Of the +/- 570 000* boys who enter Grade 1 each year, only 5% (28 358)

play 1st XV rugby in Grade 12

60% of all rugby-playing high schools are in the Western and Eastern Cape.

The 251 Springboks capped since unity in 1992 have been drawn

from 143 high schools

But 40% of those Boks have come from just 21 schools – that’s 40% from just 1,6% of rugby-playing high schools (or a third of

one percent of all high schools)

* Department of Education figures for 2010

SARU’s development role

• Creating opportunities where there is a desire

• Supporting SRSA initiatives in mass participation at schools

• Supporting the development of skills through coaching and HP programmes

• Producing elite teams that reflect rugby-playing demographics

• Focusing on uplifting existing black rugby-playing schools

• Leading provinces in continuing to transform their operations

• Not attempting to introduce rugby to the 23 503 schools in SA that don’t currently play the game


Transformation Targets 2013*


Union Black players in elite squads

Black employees in management positions

Females in management positions

Employees with a disability

Boland 60 40 30 1

Blue Bulls 36 38 4 0

Border 50 70 0 0

EP 40 50 0 4

Free State 45 33 66 8

Golden Lions 35 20 15 0

Griffons 40 25 12 0

Griquas 25 30 0 0

KZN 32 25 50 0

Leopards 18 0 25 0

Pumas 15 25 0 0

SWD 60 66 33 0

Valke 50 14 14 0

WP 50 40 5 0

* Awaiting provincial ratification

Conclusion

• Rugby has a national footprint in the public’s imagination but a regional footprint in terms of people who actually play

• 40% of Springboks come from just 21 schools

• SARU selections are representative of the available talent

• Despite that SARU is aggressive in driving transformation

• Programmes are in place to develop new, black Springbok cradles

• Provinces have committed to both off-field and on-field transformation targets

• A Springbok team representative of the demographics of South Africa will only arrive when the demographics of rugby-playing schools reflect the national demographics


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