A Hollow Victory for South Africa: Thanks for Nothing, Peter de Villiers

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The fact the Springboks won both games when clearly the inferior team on the day is a testament to the quality of this Springbok side, easily one of the best ever and by far the best seen since Nick Mallet's all-conquering 1998 side.

Marc Hilton, a writer on rugbyheaven.co.za, stated that South Africa kept winning in spite of its coach. Truer words were never spoken.

What we, as SA rugby supporters have found out, is that our coach doesn't have the class or ambition to stand on equal footing as his opposition.

Would you ever find Robbie Deans, Graham Henry, or dare it be said, Heyneke Meyer making such absurd and frankly bombastic statements? Somehow I don't think so.

Peter de Villiers is an embarrassment as Springbok coach, and once most of SA's Springboks move overseas next year (since the vast majority of them were waiting for this series), he will be exposed for the poor coach that he is. John Smit actually runs this Springbok side, not Peter de Villiers.

If SA doesn't win the Tri-Nations, considering the depth of talent at his disposal and the state of the game in New Zealand (Australia are the jokers and have probably the best national coach in the world in Robbie Deans...SA beware), it will be a true reflection of De Villiers negative impact on the team.

Some might say that he identified outstanding talents such as Bismaack du Plessis, Tendai Mtawira and Ruan Pienaar as a flyhalf.

However, wouldn't a coach of superior ability (since De Villiers clearly isn't deserving to be placed in the same class as McGreechan, Deans and co) have made the same calls? That point is open to debate, but this author knows where he stands.

What is more disappointing is that respectable rugby men like Gary Gold and Dick Muir don't feel inclined to rebut the man.

Obviously, they wouldn't because that would create more problems than it would solve. Perhaps they are quitely letting De Villiers hang himself, and he is well on the way to doing so.

South Africa may have won the series against the Lions but we certainly didn't win anything else.

While this author wants South Africa to win every Test match, if we go through a horrible rut which leads to De Villiers being sacked, at least that would be a bitter sweet ending.

Peter de Villiers disgusts this author considering the vast responsibility he has on his soldiers. 

Let's hope that this poser of a rugby coach, and ridiculous representation of South Africa, departs soon. Unfortunately, it isn't going to happen for a while.

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