SA Rugby puts trust in Jooste to fix troubled WP Rugby
A new administrator has handed the difficult task of bringing stability to the beleaguered Western Province Rugby Football Union.
Peter Jooste has been appointed as the new administrator of the Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU), SA Rugby announced on Wednesday.
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He succeeds Max Fuzani, who has stepped down following his appointment as a special advisor to the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, and takes up the position immediately.
Rian Oberholzer was the first WPRFU administrator, but when he was appointed SA Rugby CEO in May last year, Fuzani took up a ‘six-month’ contract as administrator – which ended in December.
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Jooste is vastly experienced in the rugby environment, having been an outstanding player and later a long-serving Springbok selector, president of the Tygerberg Rugby Club and former member of the WPRFU executive.
SA Rugby president Mark Alexander thanked Jooste for taking on the role to complete the process of the union’s exit from administration.
“External factors, principally relating to the application to the Western Cape Heritage council in relation to the sale of Newlands, were outside of the administrator’s control and have complicated the completion of the transactions required to return the Union to financial stability,” Alexander stated.
“However, we trust the process will be completed over the coming months.”
Jooste takes up his position immediately.
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