This week Border Rugby (Pty) Ltd (BR) won an extension of a second court order against the amateur Border Rugby Football Union (BRFU) and the SA Rugby Union (Saru) for funds to be paid over to it. The BR franchise says the amateur arm blocked it from accessing the bank account which is operated jointly by the two divisions. This meant the BR franchise could not pay salaries to players and staff, or flights for its teams to travel to play in the Currie Cup series. The Eastern Cape High Court (East London) agreed with BR, ordering Saru to pay the funds directly to BR's company account. The report notes an earlier court order was granted in June by agreement between lawyers for the two bodies. In July BR won a second court order for Saru to pay funds directly into the company's bank account. On the return date for this temporary court order on 19 August, the BRFU argued that the original order confirmed in June should not have been granted as the chairperson of the board of the professional arm was not authorised to initiate the legal proceedings. As a result, the union's new legal team has argued that it was not in contempt of the previous court order. The report says the parties will return to court on 11 November. Full Daily Dispatch report (subscription needed)