At this moment Peter is in the battle of his life. This can possibly end his coaching career. Read some of the encouragement he gets from elsewhere at the bottom of this Article.
Hopefully Peter de Villiers has a hearty breakfast on Friday because he has an important day ahead of him.
At 09:00 De Villiers has to explain in a Sanzar hearing why controversial comments attributed to him should not be interpreted as bringing the game into disrepute.
De Villiers said on Fox Sports programme, The Rugby Club, that he believes there is a link between the way in which the All Blacks are being handled in this year’s matches and the fact that next year’s World Cup is being played in New Zealand.
It was interpreted that he was saying that the All Blacks were being advantaged so that they can enter the tournament as favourites.
He explained later in a statement that he believed it was good for the All Blacks to get good results as this would stimulate interest in the tournament.
Nevertheless, he has been asked to appear in front of SANZAR judicial officer Jannie Lubbe to explain what he really meant.
De Villiers will then meet with a few senior Springboks to take stock on the Tri-Nations – and how the Springboks can salvage some pride from their home games.
We understand that among the proposals will be that the team scales down on its promotional and commercial activities and spends more time on the training field.
The Boks were initially set to convene on August 17, but the date has been brought forward.
After the chat with senior players, De Villiers will meet with his selection committee to decide which players should be added to his squad.
Juan Smith, JP Pietersen and Bismarck du Plessis are expected to be in the squad. All three have recovered from injuries that have kept them out of the Tri-Nations games to date. Their experience will be worth their weight in gold for the Springboks’ home onslaught.
The coach will also have to apply his mind to his centre and scrumhalf options.
Jaque Fourie is still suspended and will miss the clash against the All Blacks (August 21), while Ruan Pienaar (shoulder injury) will miss the rest of the tournament.
Comments-
Go Pieter gee hul hel hul soek dit al lankal
Snorre might be on to something. How is it possible that when a ref makes, continuous horrendous mistakes against The Boks, the same ref gets to handle another Tri-Nations match which includes R.S.A. But when a ref makes a mistake against the All Blacks, he is disbarred from the SANZAR referee panel? I mean what the …..?! Even some Aussies (Bob Dwyer) seem to be agreeing with this inconsistency. And how come Super 14 refs are appointed for the Aus & AB clashes but the Boks gets an Irish ref? This when we know for certain that the Irish have had their knife in for us for quite some time now. Hou moed Div! Die Bokke sal weer opstaan!
Kom ons hoop alles verloop goed vandag sodat ons kan aan beweeg van hierdie demm gemors..die fokus in rugby het nou heeltemal verskuif na al die poliek in en rondom rugby. In plaas daarvan dat ons die rugby geniet, sit ons almal en stry. Ek verlang so na die rugby games voor alles na n profesionele setup verander het.Daai tyd het die ouens gespeel vir die plesier daarvan….nou gaan dit alle oor geld, en elke verdomde politikus wil sy fingers in die pie steek. Rugby is getting to complicated man
shit my kop is seer vandag….
@ bos_otter:
Hallo seerkop_otter, going to be interesting to see what comes of this
GBS,
Surely it should be TRIAL and not trail.
A trail is something you walk or ride on your boney as far as I understand.
4@ Scrumdown:
It was’nt written by me, but yes it should be, so I changed it, as well as some other errors.
Cape Town – Judgment has been reserved in the SANZAR disciplinary case against under fire Springbok coach Peter de Villiers.
De Villiers was facing misconduct charges for a statement he made on Australia’s Fox Sports Rugby Club programme on July 21 and appeared before South African judicial officer Jannie Lubbe in Cape Town on Friday at 09:00.
However, judgment was deferred shortly after 12:00.
According to SANZAR a statement will be issued this weekend, with a result expected early next week.
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