An idea that could help Heyneke Meyer at the World Cup
By Alec Hogg
Rugby World Cup fever is rising here in the UK, yours truly included. A good pal made my year when he said he'd secured tickets for the Springbok game against Samoa. And I've been invited to a rugby event on the 17th hosted by John Smit (for those in London, there's still tickets; happy to pass on contact details).
But no matter how green your blood, it's obvious Heyneke Meyer will have to pull some kind of rabbit out the hat if SA is to win its third World Cup. So here's an idea.
As any TV viewer knows, rugby coaches watch games from cubicles high up in the stadiums, communicating with their team via walkie-talkies or some such archaic means. So, Heyneke, why not turn that on its head and base yourself next to the field? You'll be closer to the team and as they'll feed into your obvious passion, that's got to help motivation.
Every manager in the hugely competitive English Premier League long ago abandoned their comfortable grandstand seats. Only when they misbehave, do these professionals get banished from a "technical area" on the touchline. There must be something in that. Maybe enough to win another World Cup?
From Biznews community member Janet Worthington
Are the managers allowed to sit on the side-lines as in soccer? Football
seems to have its own set of rules and get away with murder which don't
apply in the "gentleman's game"