The clown is at it again!

[The InnFORCEr]

Springboks squad 'too white', says de Villiers


DUNCAN JOHNSTONE

Controversial former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers hasn't taken long to criticise the new set-up, labelling Heyneke Meyer's South African squad "too white".

With two wins, two draws and two losses from his first six tests in charge, Meyer is under pressure to get the Boks firing for their home Rugby Championship tests against the Wallabies and All Blacks.

He might be under pressure to change his mix of players too, if De Villiers' campaign gathers pace.

De Villiers, the first non-white head coach of the Boks, from 2008-11, isn't happy with the racial composition of the current side

"It's just the little things that bother me. We need to know in what country we do live. And at this moment we are turning a lot of black people against ourselves by making the team white and nobody will talk about these things but I just have to. And that is what... actually we're breaking up our country again," De Villiers told Ballz Radio in an interview in South Africa.

The Springboks started three non-white players against the All Blacks in Dunedin last weekend - wing Bryan Habana, fullback Zane Kirchner and prop Tendai Mtwarira. Backline utility de Jongh came off the bench.

"We do have a lot of great (black) players who can make a difference. You have Gio Aplon - here in Cape Town - who can make a hell of a difference. You've got Juan de Jongh, an exciting player who can make a difference. We never played (Siya) Kolisi - who's now injured, he was never given a chance," said De Villiers, who is director of rugby at the University of the Western Cape, after losing the Springboks job following last year's World Cup quarterfinal exit.

"There are a lot of players like Chiliboy Ralepelle (who is also injured). He was the one guy who can make that 10 per cent difference that you need from a replacement to come onto the field.
"We're turning all the black support against the Springboks. Wherever I go I hear people talking negative about the Springboks."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/i...ys-de-Villiers

[jono]

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[hertryk]

*sigh x 2

[jargan83]

Controversial former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers hasn't taken long to criticise the new set-up, labelling Heyneke Meyer's South African squad "too white".

Oh dear...

[sittingbison]

...Wherever I go I hear people talking negative about the Springboks"

I thought this was the funny bit.

The rest is racist drivel

[The InnFORCEr]

Peter said that, not me

[zed]

I get what his point is, the Boks were for many years a symbol of Apartheid and having non whites in the team, from a political perspective, is a positive thing. But promoting guys to the team ahead of superior players just to meet some political agenda is not the right way to go about it.

[eleypinkbit]

Rugby should be colour blind - the best person for the team should get the nod, it shouldn't matter if they are black, white or other!

[Happy]

so is the Japanese team too yellow?

[Invictus]

so is the Japanese team too yellow?

Or not yellow enough??

[jono]

so is the Japanese team too yellow?

I believe the term is beige
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[Happy]

PDV deserves less press than me

 

[beige]

Or not yellow enough??

What he said.

I believe the term is beige
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What he said.

[Alison]

But promoting guys to the team ahead of superior players just to meet some political agenda is not the right way to go about it.

Isn't that what pushed KP over to England - he wanted the Proteas to be selected on merit not colour?

[hertryk]

I believe the term is beige
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Life is much too short to even mention beige...(colour)...