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Peter de Villiers in line for shock Springbok return? - reports
By Ian Cameron
It has been reported in South Africa this morning that highly successful yet divisive former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers could be in line for a return to a Springbok coaching ticket.
A report in the Weekend Argus suggests De Villiers could be drafted back in some capacity under the stewardship of new South African director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus.
What role De Villiers would take is as yet unclear. The former coach has not been directly involved in rugby since exiting the Springbok job in 2011.
The Springboks won 30 of their 48 matches under the helm of De Villiers and had a 62.5 percent win percentage, boasting a 47 percent win percentage against the All Blacks, having played them 11 times and losing six matches.
De Villiers is the first Springbok coach since Nick Mallet to have a 100 percent win record over the All Blacks in a single year (2009) and was also the first coach since Nelie Smith to have secured a series win over the British and Irish Lions.
This week Deon Davids, the current head coach of Pro14 side the Southern Kings, has been tipped to be Coetzee’s successor and is believed to be highly rated by Erasmus.
In 2008 Davids coached the Emerging Springboks, before becoming an assistant to Eric Sauls with the Junior Boks when they finished third at the 2009 Junior World Championship.
Since then, he has spent time with the Golden Lions and the SWD Eagles before being appointed head coach of the Kings in 2016. It is believed that Erasmus, who was head of the SA Rugby Mobi Unit at the time, played a role in Davids’ appointment at the Kings.
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I reckon it may be Jordan at 10 and Nohamba at 9, both players have played together alot and both have been on the Radar for a long time. After Pollard got injured in 2022 with Elton sidelined on a path of self destruction Erasmus and Nienaber indicated that the other options in the country at the time were thin but that Jordan and Manie were the 2 they were looking at. In the end Frans steyn played flyhalf, Willemse slotted in there on the end of year with Libbok as back up. Jordan was right there in the thinking back then so expect him to take the Jersey either as the starter.
Go to commentsHaha did he always say it in a sarcastic teacher sort of manor or was it the petulant English snob sort of wail?
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