In 1995 there was a global fight for rugby and luckily the Unions won the fight. Doc Craven always said that professionalism would ruin the game. It has certainly changed the game – I’m not sure if it was for the better.
This interview is pretty much the moment rugby went professional in South Africa, with Louis Luyt confirming the selling of the TV rights to either Supersport or the SABC.
Louis Luyt was a business man and the TV rights went to the highest bidder. Imagine how the game would have grown organically if the SABC invested some real money into broadcasting rugby in SA…
