Sport | ‘Has to be policy’: Jake insists equity deal won’t bring back top Boks unless Rassie rule changes

Heinz Schenk

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Bulls director of rugby Jake White has maintained consistently that local rugby needs to incentivise its top players to return to playing in SA. (Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

While certain constituents of SA Rugby – notably the URC franchises – are already sceptical that a potential equity deal with Seattle-based Ackerley Sports Group will boost the local game’s coffers satisfactorily, Bulls mentor Jake White is unconvinced the capital injection would actually bring top players back to South Africa.