The Final Curtain

Published Oct 13 2011 by ESPN Scrum

The controversial, sometimes bizarre but perpetually entertaining Peter de Villiers appears to have called time on his stint as coach of South Africa but as ever with the Boks boss you are never quite sure what he is on about.

Over his near four-year tenure, the outspoken De Villiers...

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...regret saying: "A lot was said this week, I think too much. The off-the-field stuff sometimes gives you more sleepless nights than the on-field stuff."

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...Hoskins saying: "We would like to apologise to the rugby community for the erroneous impression that acts of foul play are in any way condoned by South African rugby. That has never been the case and is not now, and we support strong action by rugby authorities when such acts occur."

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...who said: "I want to be honest with South Africa and say the appointment did not take into account only rugby reasons. We took into account the issue of transformation in rugby very, very seriously when we took the decision."

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