His liberal views, in which he was influenced by Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, and his subsequent support for the Progressive Federal Party, also ran afoul of the conservative politics of rugby administrators.
Seine liberalen Ansichten, in denen er von Frederik van Zyl Slabbert beeinflusst wurde, und seine spätere Unterstützung für die Progressive Federal Party, liefen der konservative Politik der Rugby Union zuwider.