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Sports Minister Makhenkesi Stofile is “furious” about the comment by Springbok coach Peter de Villiers that the Springboks support Blue Bulls prop and murder suspect Bees Roux. “Goodness man! Get yourself a spokesperson!” was the advice offered by Stofile to the Bok coach. How does a team that came of such a high in 2009 hit such a low in 2010, more importantly, can it be fixed? [Read More]
The annual review of the Springboks’ performance in the Vodacom Tri-Nations will be scheduled with Springbok coach Peter de Villiers for later this month. The review will cover all aspects of the Springboks’ performances. The Springboks host the Wallabies in thier last Tri-Nations and Mandela Plate encounter of 2010 against one another. As far as Tri-Nations glory goes, this is a dead rubber apart from playing to avoid the wooden spoon. We preview this game below. Springboks coach Peter de Villiers’ mouth has gotten him in trouble again after he claimed that the Springboks were “100 per cent” in support of accused murderer and Bulls rugby prop Bees Roux. A lot has been said about the way the Springboks seemed to have stagnated in their play. The most obvious direction to pass blame is towards PDV and his assistant coaches. They are the ones who must give direction to the team. They are also primarily responsible for selecting a group of players that can fit into a game plan that is required to win tests. [Read More] South Africa will look to replicate the expansive game that saw them score five tries against Australia last week, when the Springboks and Wallabies go head-to-head in Bloemfontein on Saturday. The possibility of further misery or a likely last chance in 2010 to get his Test-level act back together? Springbok coach Peter de Villiers had a simple statement for all those critical of the national team even though they had won this weekend: Either you’re for us or you’re against us. Recordings of both After Match Press Conferences were made by me, both on Audio Format as well as seperately on Video Format. The Audio Recordings:
 The Video Recordings: The Videos are long, so they’ll take long to buffer before playing, hope you have proper broadband
Springboks (24) 44 / Wallabies (28) 31 (Final Score)The Springboks hosted the Wallabies in their penultimate encounter against one another this year in the Tri-Nations at Loftus, Pretoria, South Africa at 17:00 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SuperSport HD and M-Net with previews from 16:00 SA Time. In a very strange match, the Springboks proved too tough for the Wallabies, running in 5 tries to 4. What was apparent to me of this match was how severely off form Bryan Habana was the whole match and what a positive impact Chiliboy Ralepelle made as a substitute for a lacklustre John Smit. Francois Hougaard is my Man Of The Match! Victor Matfield did a lap of honour after the match to celebrate his 100th Test Cap. Time for some tough decisions for Peter de Villiers….. put Bryan Habana and John Smit out to pasture, their time has come and gone! The Springboks host the Wallabies at Loftus, Pretoria at 17:00 on Saturday 28 August in the 2nd last Tri-Nations encounter between the 2 teams for 2010. We see the match like this: A few little tit-bits regarding the rest of the Tri-Nations of 2010. At the end of this year’s Tri-Nations the Springbok management will have to stand objectively and clinically look at the difference between blind loyalty and blind faith as opposed to reward in selecting the best Bokke to lead them into next year’s Rugby World Cup. This is not their only poser, they have to decide whether Assistant Staff has the ability and afinity to take it competently from here as well as how to adapt or fine-tune game plans for the World Cup. Today I look at player selection only, the game plan strategies and coaching staff will have to wait for another time. |
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Jake White wants his old job back – but only as an interim measure to help get Springbok rugby back on track before handing over to his former assistant, Allister Coetzee, after 2011.