Are Newscorp Globetrotters stealing the thunder, or is this just another South Sea rugby union blunder?

As a Springbok supporter I'm delighted to see SARU boss Oregan Hoskins show a wee bit of backbone in the face of hostile marketing, jostling and viewer ambushing from SANZAR's Australia and New Zealand.

It may be that Hoskins is ultimately p**sing into a tornado as the South Sea Islanders look set to effectively use their Newscorp leverage to steal the Springboks thunder.

It's all about global marketing and the Newscorp-All Blacks and Newscorp-Wallabies are ironicially attempting to show the South Africans that the Springboks are the remote islanders.

There are rumours that the Trans Tasmanians will hook up under Aussie media giant, Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp as the News-McBlacks and Corp-McWallabies as they simulate the Harlem Globetrotters with exhibition Tests in information overloaded and rugby apathetic Asian, US and European viewer markets. Good luck, Rupert !

Bolstered by the much publicised Home Nations Grand Slam, the new Texans of rugby are throwing the kitchen sink at being BIGGER and BETTER than ever before, while they remove the Springboks from the radar.

Fortunately, size does matter in rugby union and the teams with the biggest loyal viewerships are NOT from odd time zones Down Under.

The UK, France and South Africa share 'pub time' prime position as rugby union's top viewing nations and I'm sure this not only gets Rupert Murdoch's goat, it's pretty high on NZRU and ARU's bucket list.

Sound bites from SARU's Hoskins show that sleeping with the enemy has become a pain in the butt for South Africa.

Although they don't have a Murdoch lurking around to assist, Argentina and South Africa could do serious damage to the Trans Tasmanian dreams of grandeur.

In fact, I would argue, that if the Springboks don't act to their own benefit now, they'll be swept aside by a rising South Sea rugby union tide pretty soon.

For the Boks it's sink or swim, and I hope SARU do a Michael Phelps on the Aussies and Kiwis at the SANZAR meeting scheduled for November by bailing out of Super/Tri-Nations rugby before they drown us in syrupy-sweet Down Under diplomacy.

So tie those kangaroos down, Oregan, before they take us awaltzin' with glee!