Johannesburg: Wednesday, 1 February 2012: South African Rugby Legends Association (SARLA) announces the resignation of SARLA CEO, John Allan. John will be taking up a position with the newly created programme which is to be called “Legends Emerging Elite Rugby Academy” (LEERA).

2011 has been a year of mixed emotion for us at SA Rugby Legends with many of our events having been so successful, then the news that our friend and former team mate Joost van de Westhuizen had been struck down by Motor Neuron Disease (MND) at such a young age and our rugby friends in Christchurch New Zealand being hit by a devastating earthquake, which saw the 2011 Rugby World Cup pool games being moved to other parts of that beautiful country not to mention the great tsunami in Japan.

It was pleasing to hear that BMW have come on board as the motor vehicle sponsors of the Springboks and with official announcement having been made in Johannesburg 25 May we at the SA Rugby Legends Association are also proud to announce that BMW have also become our vehicle sponsor as well.

Celebrating milestones in ones lifetime is indeed very special. This is why it was even more special for Springbok coach Dick Muir and a number of ex Natal players to join us at a very special Tribute Dinner for a true humble icon of the game Chris Edwards in Empangeni recently.