BRU earns BNSC wrath over CAR tournament

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Facing the wrath...BRU president and his committee are facing punishment from BNSC Nations tournament. PIC KEBOFHE MATHE

The Botswana Rugby Union (BRU) has earned the wrath of the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) for failing to obey the hosting policy.

The union has landed in trouble for hosting the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Six-Nations tourney for the second year in a row, contrary to BNSC policy that requires a four-year hiatus, a member of the tournament’s Local Organising Committee, Bob Lekan told a press conference yesterday.

He said BRU was unable to follow the policy because they were given the mandate to host the tournament by CAR. He said BRU need about P1 million to successfully host the tournament.

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