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Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
SA Rugby has completed an “extremely positive” review of the Springbok coaching team, president Oregan Hoskins said on Friday. Head coach Peter de Villiers and assistant coaches Dick Muir and Gary Gold attended interviews this week at SA Rugby’s headquarters in Cape Town. “I was very impressed by the sessions,” said Hoskins. “Listening to what the coaches [...]
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/12/2008
WITH 2008 almost at a close and the international rugby season wrapped up, it is fitting to congratulate Springbok coach Peter de Villiers for a job well done. He took over the hot seat under a cloud after revelations that political influences during the voting process robbed Super 14-winning Bulls coach Heyneke Meyer of the national coaching job.
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IOL (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Coach Peter de Villiers has sung the praises of the Springbok Sevens team.
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IOL (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has heaped praise on the Springbok Sevens team.
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Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Young South African Sevens star Robert Ebersohn has no regrets at opting for another season in the shortened version of the game, despite impressing Springbok coach Peter de Villiers."
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IOL (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
South Africa coach Peter de Villiers said the world champions had been drawn in a "very physical pool" for the 2011 World Cup.
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IOL (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
The Springboks have ended their long season last weekend with an emphatic victory over England. IOL readers gave their impression of coach Peter De Villiers.
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Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers lauded Ruan Pienaar’s performances at flyhalf. De Villiers took a calculated gamble to play Pienaar at pivot for the year-end tour Tests, and it was a gamble that paid dividends. Pienaar showed an aptitude for the role, displaying a complete skill set over the three Tests he played at flyhalf. It is [...]
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IOL (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Is it senior rugby players or coach Peter de Villiers that run the Springboks, asks Ashfak Mohamed .
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Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
A four-match unbeaten run cannot erase a disastrous Tri-Nations campaign, but the Springboks’ adoption of a more direct game strategy bodes well for the 2009 Test season. It’s been a turbulent first year for coach Peter de Villiers both on and off the pitch, but most supporters will shift their focus from South African rugby to [...]
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Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
The Springboks are some way off their best but given the poor northern hemisphere performances this November they should dispose of a mediocre British & Irish Lions outfit next June. Coach Peter de Villiers admitted the showing at Twickenham wasn’t perfect. A result of 42-6 is a one-sided hiding anyway you look at it, but [...]
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Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
South Africa coach Peter de Villiers was understandably delighted with his team after their victory at Twickenham, but admitted he wants improvements ahead of the British and Irish Lions tour next year."
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Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Peter de Villiers’s comments are being lapped up by the English press, this time for calling Danny Cipriani the wrong name. When De Villiers was asked yesterday about the possibility of the Boks attacking the 10-12 channel where the Wallabies successfully exploited the English defence, the Bok coach replied: “It won’t be bad this Saturday. We [...]
