If the stock is not produced, then the shorting transaction will be null and void and the broker will have to purchase the stock, says Jamie Selway, managing director at White Cap Trading.

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Translation, if one were to start with a pre-trial null hypothesis probability of 50% (reflecting equipoise, an ethical prerequisite for randomizing patients), the post-trial null hypothesis probability would still be 9%, which is not sufficient to change my practice.

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As a result, Botha has turned to the courts in an attempt to have his Bulls contract declared null and void, while Sarfu has not confirmed whether his Springbok contract is part of his court application.

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