Phil Gifford: Rugby's bosses are smart men but they've been tone deaf this year: Offending liberal thinking? In the 1980s there was the bone-headed belief that rugby contact with South Africa wouldn't, as it did, cut junior numbers at some Auckland rugby clubs by two-thirds. Treating players like dirt? Instead of trying to help him ... Source: "South Africa" - … [Read more...] about SA News: Phil Gifford: Rugby’s bosses are smart men but they’ve been tone deaf this year