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The South African Player’s Association has called on the SANZAR partners to stop their threats of dissolving the partnership. Continue reading
3 Of the Bulls Bokke contingent in the current Springbok squad are injured. Zane Kirchner, Dewald Potgieter and Danie Rossouw did not take part in general training today.
Article from the Sunday Times Live by SIMNIKIWE XABANISA
Industrial strikes in South Africa have forced the Springboks to cancel a coaching clinic which was planned for Soweto on Thursday afternoon.
The Springboks are currently busy with a 4-day training camp at Hyde Park High School, where the squad of 29 will be whittled down to 24 on Friday.
Pieter De Villiers has been found not guilty of bringing rugby into disrepute. Continue reading
World Cup-winning Springbok utility Frans Steyn is one of five players recalled to the Bok squad for South Africa’s home leg of the Tri-Nations.
Judgment was reserved in the hearing of Springbok coach Peter de Villiers’s misconduct hearing on Friday over his suggestion that the team were victims to a conspiracy to assist the All Blacks ahead of next year’s World Cup.
At this moment Peter is in the battle of his life. This can possibly end his coaching career. Read some of the encouragement he gets from elsewhere at the bottom of this Article.
Rugby is a highly emotionally driven medium, but Springbok coach Peter de Villiers will do well to apply some sober thinking as he plans to fix what has gone wrong in the last 10 months. Continue reading
With all the criticism Peter de Villiers and his coaching staff have received following the Tri-Nations tour I came across a very different view from a blogger called David. His assessment is unique to say the least and he does not muck around with niceties so be warned, this puppy is explosive! I recommend a PG16 rating for this one. Continue reading
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers was backed by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Thursday following his team’s dismal Tri-Nations tour.
Reuters
Springboks and management made a lot of enemies in SANZAR lately. None more so than the writer of the following article. Spiro Zavos was always a critic of South Africa and after this last 3 weeks we gave him all the fuel he needed.
It’s not often that international rugby journalists have to push and shove to get front-row seats at a test coach’s press conference. Such occasions are generally as alluring as a public stoning, since test coaches are the masters of saying nothing.
All I read this morning are excuses, blaming others and a good old SA whinge to excuse the Springboks diabolical performance for 2 straight weeks in a row.
My view is radically different… the All Blacks are a well oiled machine at the moment, they play situations and referees perfectly, they play cleverly and they use their heads, not for head butting and shannanigans but to outplay their opposition.
The Springboks and their coaching staff on the other hand come accross as hotheads who easily lose their cool with NO ABILITY to get the referee on their side… and they follow it up with sub-standard play and incompetance!
Springboks coach Peter de Villiers lashed out at the standard of rugby Test referees Saturday and suggested cheating may be the only way to beat diverse law interpretations.
Reading on some web sites and in the press, there seems to be some confusion regarding the possible move of the Test on 21 August 2010 between the Springboks and All Blacks, from Coca-Cola Park (Ellis Park) to the National Stadium (Soccer City).
Some pundits believe the move is a forced move under presssure from SARU, forcing the GLRU (Gauteng Lions Rugby Union) to move the game in an attempt to recover the outstanding British and Irish Lions debt owing by the GLRU to SARU, some believe it is a new and exciting initiative by the GLRU to revive rugby in their region and a possible pre-curser to moving the home base of the GLRU permanently to the National Stadium.
Whatever the case, here is an insight from someone high up in the Club Scene in the GLRU structures.
South Africa are no longer in awe of the New Zealand All Blacks, Springboks coach Peter de Villiers said on Sunday.
Springboks coach Peter de Villiers says he and his All Blacks opposite Graham Henry have one thing in common – they both have big mouths.
Hardly a media conference goes by that there isn’t some reference to next year’s World Cup in New Zealand by Springbok coach Peter de Villiers or even the players who are interviewed separately afterwards
The most experienced lock pairing in the history of world rugby will be re-united against Italy on Saturday when Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha play together for a 60th time.
Peter, you are talking too much again! Do you feel left out after all the success of the Bulls and Stormers? Just concentrate on your job and stay out of the press. This week you had something to say about the management of players and the pace of the game in Europe. I just wonder when will this bite you in the back?
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers believes the management of Fourie du Preez and Andries Bekker by the Bulls and Stormers respectively has contributed to the situation where both are currently unavailable because of injury. Continue reading
There has been a lot of debate on South Africa’s policy around the selection of foreign based players of late, but Peter de Villiers may just have it spot on. Continue reading
Springbok flanker Juan Smith will probably only play for South Africa in August.
I wonder if we are not running away with the success we have in this years Super 14. Remember how Peter de Villiers first matches as Springbok coach panned out. We must be careful, we might break the continuity we build up. Lessons was learned last time, are we going to make the same mistakes?
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You might ask what do the Springboks and Stuart Tinner have in common on the 17th November 2009? If your answer is £250,000 you would be right.
It has been eluded to by a lot of people in the last two years with their criticism of team selections and game plans amongst other things – but it is now time for Peter de Villiers to make his personal mark on the Springboks if he wishes to be remembered as the coach that led the most successful Springbok teams, or the coach that was just lucky enough to be there at the right time. Continue reading
There is yet to be a team or squad selected that everyone agrees with. Continue reading
Is success in rugby defined by an individual or by a collective team effort? Continue reading