Snor – Bok coach appointment is too late

Springbok coach Peter de Villiers says that SARU has left the appointment of the national coach too late, and that he is open to taking the reins in a caretaker capacity.

“It is already too late for the coach to sit down with the Super Rugby coaches. The appointment should have been made in December because we didn’t have an overseas tour this time.”

De Villiers had a meeting with SARU CEO Jurie Roux on Monday where they “spoke about this and that”, adding that he did not know whether he was a candidate for the job or not.

“There is always a bigger picture and one should not be egotistical. It will always be an honour to make a contribution,” he said.

“Hours of planning and consultation went into the job…I can say with complete sincerity that every single decision I have made in the last four years has been a rugby one. That is why it has been easy for me to make them without any agendas. It is true that one doesn’t always make the right decisions, but I have taken responsibility for it. You can’t satisfy everybody, but I can keep my head high as I haven’t enriched myself. If I can give one medal to myself, it is the one for giving young talent the opportunity, who will now make the core of the team for the future.”