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Here is an interesting news clip!

¨SA Rugby were scheduled to meet on Tuesday to choose the new three-man selection panel - expanded to include an ethnic black - but the meeting failed to take place. It is not clear when the new panel will be chosen.¨

Now that is an important panel to sit on. Sure, if you´re Sacks Ngwala from Southern West Bromich Bulldogs sitting on a Supersport discussion panel gives you the platform to voice your rugby views and opinions to basically the captive audience of pretty much the entire rugby supporters club in South Africa. Now that is a powerful position, one which our ex-frontranker from the London Underground sponsored 6th division rugby club handles with admirable success, but to hold a position that allows you to choose the actual make up of the side Sacks commentates on is envied by every SA rugby lover.

Plus you get to choose how the national coach has to do his job. If you want to pursue your whimsical opinion that Justin Peach is the heir incumbent to Percy´s 15 jersey, then so beat it, just enjoy watching poor Pieter suffer.

A strong Handle on things!

These are the candidates for the 2008 springbok selection panel:

The selection candidates are Wynand Claassen, Errol Tobias, McIntosh, Kaya Malotana, David Maidza, Lucky Menge, Freddie Makoki, Francois Davids, Jooste en Roland Bantom.

Now I assume you are fairly unfamiliar with many of these names so I´ve decide to enlighten you. I tested them on the only standard I know how: Google hits. I get nearly 200 k so that settles the debate whether this is a worthwhile yardstick.

Any halfwit rugby guru wiil be familiar with this lot so I´ve excluded them from the process: Wynand Claassen, Errol Tobias, McIntosh, Pieter Jooste.

Here we go, plus Grade rating.

Kaya Malotana: 320 hits – first one on google is from keo.co.za where he is berated for talking utter shit. 99 RWC Springbok and since he didn´t win a medal he can´t headline advertising campaigns. B+.

David Maidza: 1800 hits – technical adviser to the Spoornets Bulldogs who premises his rugby philosophy on scoring earlier in the half and then continuing to outscore the opponents. B.

Lucky Menge: 330 000 hits – still couldn´t find him specifically as all 330 000 hits were for Lucky Luke. I am not out-ruling the possibility that he is in fact the gunslinging wild west folk hero. A-.

Freddie Makoki: 1130 hits – deputy president of the Eastern Province Rugby Union, which is a good thing cause he will show no prejudice in selecting current Super 14 form. A.

Francois Davids: 12 100 hits – springbok convenor of selectors when Andre Vos still played. Pass. C.

Roland Bantom: Did you mean Roland Fantom? - from this we can only assume Mr Bantom is in fact a phantom. A++.

There you have it folks. You are now formally acquinted with all the candidates, their detailed history and personal information. You now have a stance of authority from which to criticism Sacks´ comments on this come the next round of Super 14.