SA Rugby clap back at Jake White, over Bulls’ travel chaos

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In response to Jake White, SA Rugby says it did all it could to get the best available flights for the Bulls.

to explaining the details and flight costs in getting the Bulls to London for their Champions Cup quarter-final, after Jake White publicly launched a verbal attack on the national union.

SA Rugby said that given that the quarter-finals were only confirmed late on Sunday, the governing body only had a short period of time to get tickets for the 38-man squad travelling to England. “The playing squad will arrive in London before 8am local time on Wednesday having travelled overnight in business class on two airlines: British Airways and Lufthansa .

“Media will appreciate that the high demand for business class seats in and out of South Africa, allied to the reduced number of flights into the country and the late confirmation of the required seats made it well-known to all parties that securing business class seats on a single flight would be impossible.

Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)

 

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