Archbishop Desmond Tutu has lauded Springbok rugby coach Peter de Villiers for the performance of his team in recent months.
Springbok rugby coach Peter de Villiers on Monday denied media reports and refused to reveal details about his meeting with SA Rugby last week.
Sport and Recreation Minister Makhenkesi Stofile on Thursday rejected suggestions he wanted to appoint national sport coaches.
Springbok coach Peter De Villiers has been under the spotlight following recent controversial statements.
Sports Minister Makhenkesi Stofile says Springbok rugby coach Peter de Villiers should watch his mouth, it was reported on Thursday.
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers received support from an unexpected yet impeccable source on Tuesday — National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel.
Rugby took second place this week to the furore that erupted over Bok coach Peter de Villiers comments that seemed to condone foul play in the game.
Ireland centre Brian O’Driscoll has slammed SA coach Peter de Villiers for defending Bok flanker Schalk Burger, who was banned for eye-gouging.
The Springboks have been challenged to do a ballet class to compare fitness levels.
Boks coach Peter de Villiers has apologised for his apparent acceptance that Schalk Burger’s eye-gouging of Luke Fitzgerald was just part of the game.
So, barely a day after Springbok coach Peter de Villiers rebuked criticism of Ricky Januarie, a Bok match 22 was announced sans Januarie.
It’s not so long ago that the Bok coach was able to pick his squad in May, knowing the knockout stages of the Super 14 would not involve SA sides.
The ANC has defended Springbok rugby coach Peter de Villiers’s public endorsement of the party, saying he had the right to support any party.
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/ 8 December 2008
Springbok rugby coach Peter de Villiers heaped praise on the Springbok Sevens team on Monday.
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/ 2 December 2008
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers said the world champions had been drawn in a ”very physical pool” for the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand.
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/ 1 November 2008
A full-strength Bok squad departed SA on Friday seeking to make it three wins out of three in Wales, Scotland and England in the coming weeks.
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/ 31 October 2008
The domestic season had just drawn to a spectacular close and here was the Springbok coach attempting to fit square pegs into round holes again.
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/ 30 October 2008
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is leaving no stone unturned to ensure his team is literally fighting fit ahead of their European tour.
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/ 13 September 2008
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers on Friday apologised for saying the job should be given back to the whites.
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/ 12 September 2008
Saru president Oregan Hoskins will meet Peter de Villiers on Friday to discuss what the national team coach called a ”racist plot” to oust him.
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/ 7 September 2008
Peter de Villiers has threatened to ”give [the job] back to the whites” amid allegations that he had been videotaped engaging in a sex act in public.
October 20 2007 is beginning to seem a distant memory. The aura of invincibility that the Boks earned 10 months ago have been replaced by boos.
Former Springbok assistant coach and Wallabies boss Eddie Jones has turned up the heat on beleaguered South African rugby coach Peter de Villiers.
Beleaguered Springbok coach Peter de Villiers said on Monday he would take responsibility for his team’s poor results in the Tri-Nations competition.
With no time to lick their wounds and the chances of Tri-Nations success now but the slimmest of chances, the Boks face the Wallabies on Saturday.
South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has refused to hit the panic button after his team’s drubbing by New Zealand and has made just two changes.
The Blue Bulls, known as the ”lock factory” for producing quality lock forwards over the years, are in a spot of bother.
SA’s 63-9 rout of Argentina was a confidence booster for the Tri-nations clash with the All Blacks next weekend, said coach Peter de Villiers.
The three top players released from the Springbok squad for Saturday’s Test against Argentina were left out so they could get valuable playing time.
The Springbok coach has taken a huge gamble by retaining only one flyhalf in his reduced 24-man squad for the one-off Test against Argentina.
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers labelled former All Black Craig Dowd ”stupid” on Friday for criticism made about the Boks’ new mentor.
Joe van Niekerk was the surprise selection in the South African team for the Tri-Nations Test against the All Blacks in Wellington on Saturday.