Hamilton – Springbok centre Jean de Villiers believes Bok coach Peter de Villiers deserves to be given all the credit for Springboks Tri-Nations triumph after they beat the All Blacks 32-29 at the Waikato stadium in Hamilton on Saturday.
De Villiers had to endure a lot of criticism about his ability as a coach by certain sectors of the media, but the Bok centre dispelled any doubts on Saturday about the crucial role Peter de Villiers played in keeping the side together especially when they were going through difficult times.
“I think Peter has been the right guy at the right time and he definitely has to take the credit for all our victories,” Jean said.
“A lot has been said about his (De Villiers) coaching style, the coaching abilities of the management and the role of the senior players in the team. But I think we’ve got it spot on at this stage and it’s working well for us as a team.
“We are getting the victories and Peter must take the credit for it. He has managed to keep the guys together and make it a successful team. A lot of the glory must go to him as well,” said Jean.
Jean also emphasised the importance of skipper John Smit’s presence in the team.
“I think John Smit is the cornerstone of this team. He is the gel that keeps the team together. He is not only a great leader and rugby player, but he is also extremely influential. We respect him for that. He is a fantastic guy not only on the field also off the field as well.
“He is always cool calm and collected and always says the right things at the right time and he has the ability to speak really well and that is what makes him such a good leader,” added Jean.
Adnaan Mohamed
Snor is a Jan.
Manne weet julle dat ons in minder as 3 maande 9 masiewe toetse agter die blad het. Peter is besig om met hierdie span dinge van “epidermiese proporsie”(soos oubaas sou se) reg te kry.
Met 7 wenne uit die 9 kan mens min vout vind inteendeel jy sal soos n suurknol klink as jy iets wil se.
Selfs sy span van die 3de Toets teen die Britse en Ierse Leeus kan geregverdig word as jy die eind rusultaat van die 3 Nasies bekyk. Wat het hy dus bereik met daai span in die 3 de toets? Hy kon sien die 2de in lyn manne is nie n goeie opsie nie. Hy het ook bewyse opgestapel teen enige kritici dat hy nie nie ander spelers kans gee nie. En die ekstra week rus vir die senior manne was dalk net die regte ding.
Nee wat Peter de Villiers jy het gekom en die kritici se monde gesnoer. Ek kan maar net dankie se.
Geluk
Aan die Bokke wat ons so laat lekker kry het Dankie
Ek voel amper om van die jaar se CB te vergeet, gaan rus en laat die Curriebeker maar gaan. Te veel van n lekker ding is dalk ook nie goed nie.
S14, Lions, 3Nasies…..
een ding is seker snorrie het my bek stil gemaak.ek laaik hom kwaai
Question for the likes of Pietmanpedida………..how many coaches / teams have beaten the All Blacks 3 games on the trot?
The last Bok team to do this was the 1949 Boks.
The 1937 Boks beat them 4 times on the trot. It was also the last time we won a series in NZ – 1937
Also remember, the 2004 Tri-Nations was only 4 tests, we won 2 out of 4 to win that title, we won 5 out of 6 now.
All the credit????
Ja Christopher Lambert (aka Jean D ). Wat betaal hulle jou om dit te verklaar?
Pieter het self gese dat dit die spelers is wat n coach maak?
Ek klink nou soos n suurknol, maar ek vind nie fout met Pieter die Bokwagter nie. Ek gee hom krediet, maar tog nie als nie!
@Loosehead –
@4
Interesting question.
1949, Danie Craven, 4 tests in a row.
We lost all the 2nd tests, strangely enough, in the following series wins:
1960, Hennie Muller, 3/4 tests.
1970, Johan Claassen, 3/4 tests.
1976, Ian Kirkpatrick, 3/4 tests.
1086, Cecil Moss (Kavaliers) 3/4 tests.
So, yesterdays’s win was the first ‘three-in-a-row’ win since 1949.
@Morné –
Thx, didn’t know that.
Add 1937 to my list above then.
@Pietman – @Pietman –
@Morné –
Thanks. Has any other country acheived this?
Hey SA B. Crappy weather in Debenville after the lekker weather yesterday.
@Loosehead – 11
Yea, and I got up at sparrows fart for a game of golf that rained out!
You near the Sonstraal dam?
@Loosehead – 11
Still smiling after your team cheetah’d mine? 🙂
12@SA Barbarians – In Sonstraal Heights, op Skuld Bult. I saw some rather hardcore golfers palying Durbanville earlier.
13@SA Barbarians – Bloody poor loser you WP supporters are. You should be used to it by now. 😆
Have to run. Cheers.
@Loosehead – 14
hehe I love golf, but when my underpants and socks get wet, I bugger off home and get back in bed.
I’m a few 100m from the dam – ek bly tussen “my dam se ganse” 🙂
Going out for a while, catch you later
@SA Barbarians – Daai was so duidelik n straf drie soos ek nog gesien het. en wickus blaaw is wp nel se bunny daai kort mannetjie het die rook uit hom uit gehaal
Agree if Div keeps the Boks winning he does deserve credit.
Boks chief tells it like it is
By DUNCAN JOHNSTONE – Sunday News Last updated 14:56 13/09/2009
OPINION: You’ve got to admire Springboks coach Peter de Villiers, if for nothing else, wearing his heart on his sleeve.
Actually there’s a growing look to his Springboks that deserves a fair bit of admiration as well.
But it’s his almost blind honesty that has seen de Villiers capture the headlines for some of his comments as much as the deeds of his team who have certainly done plenty to carry the rather heavy baton handed to them by Jake White’s World Cup-winning outfit.
De Villiers has never ducked an issue and, in a sport where coaches and administrators have increasingly hidden behind cliches, he has been a breath of fresh air at times.
He always has an opinion and he’s usually not afraid to express it.
Yes, they have landed him in hot water and it’s fair to say that he and his team took things too far with their defence of eye-gouging and wearing white arm bands to protest disciplinary action during their recent series win over the British and Irish Lions.
Some of his South African and even IRB bosses have cringed at his oddball reflections at times.
But they have hit the mark when it has come to keeping rugby in the headlines.
He’s been at it again over the last week with his ungracious remarks about Hamilton. But at the base of that lies his firm belief that he has to do everything possible to put his team in a winning position. If that means staying somewhere better to prepare for a test, then so be it and he will tell you exactly that.
In an outfit where there is obviously plenty of player power and no shortage of input from his talented assistant coaches, de Villiers is very much the face of the Springboks and after a year and a half in charge he has gained increasing OK sometimes it has been begrudging respect from those around him in the South African and the international game.
He’s a fresh voice and an interesting alternative to the worthy thoughts that are frequently delivered by his All Blacks opposite Graham Henry.
It’s not since Sir Clive Woodward was at his peak with England that the rugby media have been handed so many gems.
Henry is very much the senior statesman on the international coaching scene these days and not afraid to use that status to offer his thoughts on wide-ranging issues affecting the game.
His biggest attribute is that for every criticism he has a bouquet, for every problem he offers a solution.
He has the confidence that comes from experience to do that. Apart from winning a World Cup, Henry has been-there, done-that when it comes to rugby at every level.
De Villiers is young in international coaching terms and, being the Springboks’ first coach of coloured descent, he was always going to be under an enormous spotlight.
But despite his diminutive size, he is big and bold with his beliefs and his desire and ability to verbalise them.
Agree or disagree with him but at least acknowledge his willingness to bring open opinion into an environment that has become far too sanitised during the professional era.
Ek dink ons het net nie vir Peter geken nie , en ons vooraf idees en menings was ver van die ware PdV. Kyk hoe het hy hulle in New Zealand geantwoord, oor die Bokke se vooruitsig vir die komende WB, so uit Heinecke Meyer se beste boek.
Coach Peter de Villiers has a propensity for outrageous comments but he was staying cool about his experienced side’s prospects following their 32-29 defeat of the All Blacks in Hamilton on Saturday to secure a first Tri-Nations title for five years.
“We don’t want to sit back now and think that everything will happen for us when we know that the World Cup in New Zealand will be very very tough,” De Villiers said.
“This team will remain humble, keep our feet on the ground. This team hasn’t seen the best of themselves yet. . . we hope this can give us momentum.”
Hy het groot respek afgedwing vandat die Bokke die ABs goed opgeneuk het.
Een ding wat ek nerens kry in die NZ pers nie is enige kritiek oor die Skeidsregter nie.
PdeV and the Boks will have an 80% plus winning ratio by the end of 2009, and deservedly so!
Now PdeV must start working towards 2011, if we can win the WC for the third time it is our trophy to keep.
Wouldn’t that be something?
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