School rugby players' future in limbo

BULLYING CHARGES

- CHEVON BOOYSEN

EIGHT Milnerton High School rugby players, some representing at provincial and national levels, face an uncertain sporting future as local sporting bodies remain silent on potential repercussions following their arrest on assault charges.

The pupils, who cannot be named due to a court order, appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court facing charges of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm after a violent bullying incident that was captured on video and went viral.

While the Western Cape Education Department has suspended the learners pending disciplinary proceedings, sporting bodies, including the South African Rugby Union (SARU), have yet to clarify what sanctions the players might face in their sporting careers.