“I smell a rat here,” Bantwini said.
“We will take things out of SA Rugby’s hands now because they seem to be afraid of Cheeky.
“We will consult legal brains and see how we can get out of this impasse.”
Earlier this week, SA Rugby confirmed that a meeting to discuss a vote of no confidence in Watson and his executive would be held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
However, late yesterday a spokesman for administrator Monde Tabata advised that all the constitutional requirements for the submission of a resolution had not been met.
SA Rugby would not elaborate further, but it is believed that the requirements related to matters such as the deadline for submission and the authority to whom it should be sent were not met.
Tabata was appointed by SA Rugby as an administrator at the cash-strapped union earlier this year.
Watson has maintained a wall of silence since the storm over the cash crisis broke last year.
Bantwini denied claims that the motion of no confidence had not been supported by enough clubs.
“You don’t cancel a constitutional meeting because you feel conditions were not met,” he said.
“The actual meeting should sit and then be cancelled there by the clubs.
“There are other things to discuss like financials and club matters,” Bantwini said.
“Now we are going to question the authority of SA Rugby and their integrity on this matter.
“If we have to look for a candidate to administer our rugby we will do that. We will take this to the High Court. There are laws in this country.”
Clubs submitted a motion of no confidence letter to Tabata on Wednesday to set the wheels in motion.
The special meeting had been scheduled to start at 10am and insiders said Watson was planning to have the no-confidence motion deemed ineligible because it was delivered late.
