IF EP's Elephants are to have any chance of making an impact in the new SA Cup rugby competition they will have to distance themselves from the upheaval in the EP Rugby Union boardroom.
SA Rugby recently dropped a bombshell when it banned EP’s firebrand president Maasdorp Cannon for two years after he was found guilty of contravening the Saru constitution and its code of conduct.
The EP Rugby Union will only be bankrolled with R6m by the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality for this financial year after councillors shot down a proposal for a three-year sponsorship agreement.
Kruisfontein rugby club flanker Devon Bosman, who broke his neck in a knockout Eastern Province Rugby U20 Championship match against Gardens on Saturday, is recovering from successful surgery.
EP Rugby Union president Maasdorp Cannon has allayed fears of a looming cash crisis, saying delayed salary payments to the EP Elephants’ Carling Currie Cup players and coaching staff will be made by the close of business on Monday.