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Originally Posted by retepg
The final piece in the International coaching puzzle is in place.
Pieter de Villiers has been named as the new Springbok coach.
He is also the first coach of colour to be appointed to the top position in South Africa.
He has been a successful coach at Under 19 and Under 21 levels for S.A. But will face a lot of opposition from a lot of supporters as he has not coached at Super 14 level.
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saw this announcement last night and then the SARFU spokesman went on to say it was an appointment that wasn't based on Rugby form alone and will help in "transformation" of the sport in SA...
so was this code for "we have apppointed a black man as coach to appease the govt even though there are twenty better coaches available"