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South Africa accusing other people of cheating, next you will tell me the sun rises in the west and that a chicken is a migratory bird
Boks coach blasts NZ 'cheats'
By Adrian Warren
August 12, 2008
SOUTH Africa coach Peter de Villiers has accused New Zealand of cheating in the set-pieces and wants Australian referee Matt Goddard to rule strictly on that part of the Tri-Nations Test in Cape Town on Saturday.
De Villiers claimed on Sunday the International Rugby Board prevented him from talking to the referee, but he told the Afrikaans newspaper Sondag that if Goddard doesn't control the lineouts and scrums, Saturday's Test could become a farce.
"It is obvious that as world champions, our biggest strengths are in the lineout and in the scrum," de Villiers said. "And it is precisely here where the opposition will try to neutralise us.
"The All Blacks use tactics which are illegal and as far as I know if it is illegal, then it is not allowed.