Mbalula wants PdV back

Mbalula wants PdV back

14 May 2012

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula is bringing former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers back into rugby to assist with development.

Mbalula told Sowetan that the government wants De Villiers to develop the best model for grassroots rugby in the country.

‘We are engaging him,’ he said. ‘The man has a wealth of knowledge that we need to tap into. Peter has done well for the country, including winning big events with the junior national teams.’

Mbalula believes that De Villiers, who was coach of the 2005 world champion Baby Bok side, could assist with the development of talent in less traditional rugby centres such as townships and villages.

‘There is talent in abundance in the townships and villages in Gugulethu, Khayelitsha and the Eastern Cape. We want to see schools in Seshego, Bloemfontein, Mamelodi and other townships also playing rugby and producing great players for the Springboks.’

However, De Villiers said on Monday that he had no knowledge of Mbalula’s proposal, but said he would be interested in taking up a development post.

‘Let me tell you, if one can give back to your country it is good news,’ De Villiers told SAPA.


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  • 1.Te Rangatira: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 09:57 am

    Pdivvy wise old dragon?

  • 2.Porra the Fat and Clever Speedster: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 09:57 am

    snorra does
    openly
    support the
    ay en see
    so
    it is just
    another
    cadre
    deployment

  • 3.houston, we have a problem...: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 10:11 am

    dumb wants dumber….

  • 4.TheTackler: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 10:11 am

    You need lots and lots of black Sadtu schoolteachers to make the same unselfish sacrifices of their time and skills to teach the game to the same kids they teach. And not to rush straight home every day at 2pm.

  • 5.Porra the Fat and Clever Speedster: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 10:16 am

    “Current Poll
    What’s the best way to accommodate the Kings in 2013?
    Cheetahs and Lions must play as Cats
    Lions must be relegated”

    stupid
    poll
    how about
    most obvious
    option
    kings must
    earn
    their place

  • 6.Biscuit: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 10:23 am

    @TheTackler(TheTackler)-4:

    You are correct but it’s not all their time

    At my daughters school the teachers are not allowed to leave before 4pm (if they have no extramurals running past that time)
    They don’t leave before 4pm and the sports and extra murals have the required teachers.
    It is a private school though with a tough head/vice etc,

    The good schools also have teachers that either want to teach sport or have to teach sport.

    Lower down the ladder you have a double problem
    a) Not enough teacher discipline
    b) Even if the discipline exists who wants to teach rugby?

  • 7.viewer: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 10:30 am

    Its ironic that government itself can support a bastard_ised & dead-end secondary stream of youth rugby and call it development
    Rugby in our country is only marginally less exclusive than polo, for all intents &
    purposes

  • 8.scrumfan: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 10:31 am

    If I had 3 wishes one of them would be to see P Divvy in a debate with George W Bush, on any topic.

  • 9.Sasuke: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 10:37 am

    Well Done PDivvy.

  • 10.Porra the Fat and Clever Speedster: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 10:38 am

    @scrumfan(scrumfan)-8:

    or with
    obama’s
    teleprompter

  • 11.ufo: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 10:39 am

    this is good news…

    pdivvie’s passion for the game cannot be doubted… plus he’s had success with the under20 boks…

    so think he’d be a perfect fit for such a position…

    and yes… i can’t help but like the guy…

    good luck to him…

  • 12.viewer: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 10:47 am

    Some sports are not meant to be widely participated in. The sooner the govt accepts that, the better
    Its a matter of facilities & resources & historical affinity with the game

  • 13.stormer in a teacup: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 10:49 am

    This is a good move. He has the prestige of being an ex-bok coach plus a lot of knowledge and experience. His inability to take effective charge as Bok coach will not be an issue here.

  • 14.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 10:54 am

    What a relief for Divvy. The lady at Career Junction was getting sick of him already.

  • 15.mushu: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 10:54 am

    @houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-3: love it

  • 16.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 10:55 am

    @TheTackler(TheTackler)-4: the coach at Ithembelihle High School in Zwide township is a great guy called Theo Pieterse. this man coaches for the love of the game and is a beacon of light in our region.

  • 17.Slappes: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:01 am

    Pdivvy will be coaching a varsity team next year. You heard it here first – Slappes has informants everywhere.

  • 18.Te Rangatira: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:02 am

    @viewer(viewer)-12:
    Are you the oldest person in Sa?

  • 19.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:04 am

    @Slappes(Slappes)-17: UWC?

  • 20.ufo: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:06 am

    @Slappes(Slappes)-17:

    which one bud…?

  • 21.charo: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:09 am

    always had a soft spot for divvie.

    mainly because he managed to p*ss the kiwis off so much

    8)

  • 22.ufo: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:10 am

    does anyone know what happened to the young coach of the wp craven weak team from two years ago…?

    just can’t remember his name now…

    very good coach… would’ve expected to start seeing him coming through the wp ranks now…

  • 23.Te Rangatira: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:13 am

    @charo(charo)-21:
    hehe…..Its weird cos I miss him……a comedic genius.

  • 24.Bloues: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:13 am

    I’m really glad that someone as passionate about rugby as Peter is can get the opportunity to hone the skills of under privileged youngsters. I handled an Under 15 B match this weekend and I enjoyed it very much.

    Then I had to endure 70 minute as an AR for the first team. We had to deal with a bunch of katsesnor prima donnas questioning the Ref’s every decision.

    These boys are only eighteen and all of them have already forgotten what rugby is about.

  • 25.Great White Shark: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:13 am

    Let him coach the Sowetan school team.

  • 26.charo: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:14 am

    @ufo(ufo)-22:

    freudian slip?

  • 27.charo: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:17 am

    @Te Rangatira(Te Rangatira)-23:

    he even got john keys in a lather when he delayed the boks arrival at hamilton(?) as “there was nothing to do there”

    funny oke.

  • 28.ufo: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:17 am

    @charo(charo)-26:

    hehehe…

    sharp today bud…

    progressing…

    :lol:

  • 29.Falken: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:21 am

    “the government wants De Villiers to develop the best model for grassroots rugby in the country”
    He can be responsible for watering the grass at all the stadiums. Thats a perfect job for Div.

  • 30.Great White Shark: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:26 am

    At least at Soweto High he doesn’t need to be understood as he speaks pidgin english anyway.

  • 31.mad eye: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:32 am

    How sad for this pathetic puppet,to go from coaching the World Champions,to having to rely on government handouts..
    Poor man should never have been given the job in the first place,the fact that he cannot even get a high school coaching job now shows exactly how useless he always was.
    If he had any credentials to the top rugby job in the world in the first place,teams
    Should be queing up fpr his services.

  • 32.charo: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:33 am

    @ufo(ufo)-28:

    i hang on to every word you type…………

    8)

  • 33.ufo: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:35 am

    @charo(charo)-32:

    that’s more than i deserve… :wink:

    i’m afraid i’ve been letting you down recently… :lol:

  • 34.cane: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 11:38 am

    Crusty,
    not the Worlds best Coach,
    but,
    perhaps the most entertaining.

    I wish him well.

  • 35.BULLET: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 12:06 pm

    Never saw him fighting for JW?
    LOL

  • 36.Pot Blou Gevaar: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 12:16 pm

    @cane(cane)-34:
    Think the guy is actually a decent coach, all things considered. His biggest failures IMO was the employment of Dickie and Gold as assistant.
    Dickie – 0 from 12 at the Lions before Mitchell took charge at the Coke tin.
    Gold – the last WP forwards coach, when the Breezers pack was still known as the light five. Step in Proudfoot.
    How these boys bamboozled SARU @ interview time is beyond me :lol:

  • 37.Sir Watson: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 12:18 pm

    All of u dummies,

    its fine when Straueli is given a chance after the Bokke most entered the most embarassing era with kamp Staaldraad to join Sharks as their Commercial Manager,

    its okay for Frans Ludeke to be fired by Lions for winning two out of 14 games and finish second last then be given a new chance by the Bulls,

    its yet fine for Eugene Eloff to be given a chance as Director of coaching at Boland after coaching the Lions to wooden spoon in Super 14,

    YET its not fine for Pieter De Villiers to be given a chance to assist in youth development because he failed to win World Cup for Boks yet had so much success in the youth rugby.

    His blackness is his crime and I guess there is no redemption for a black man in SA

  • 38.BULLET: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 12:23 pm

    Sir Watson,
    Good of you to bring race into the equation.

  • 39.The_Don: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 12:25 pm

    He wasn’t very good at senior international level but has a good record at youth level. Best place for him IMO…

  • 40.mad eye: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 12:35 pm

    @ 37.Sir Watson
    That is exactly the point all those other coaches were offered jobs ,because they were appointed soley on their ability to coach.
    PedV was never appointed to anything on his coaching ability,that is why when there is no political pressure there is no job for him.

  • 41.Pot Blou Gevaar: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 12:43 pm

    @Sir Watson(rugbinho)-37:
    Share your sentiments re ‘the Div’…
    Would like to see him @ The Lions. I feel that he’ll be able to lure quite a bit of talent from Boland to the tin. Let’s face it, the Lions may need affordable, yet talented players with their current financial whoes.
    PDiv has extensive rugby knowledge, he’ll need a PR man and probably similar course to polish up on his media relations. The guy is not really known for his command of the queen’s language.

  • 42.Baylion: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 12:46 pm

    @viewer(viewer)-12:

    “Some sports are not meant to be widely participated in. The sooner the govt accepts that, the better”

    Surely you’re not talking about rugby.

    “Its a matter of facilities & resources & historical affinity with the game”

    Historical affinity? What’s that?

  • 43.Slappes: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 12:59 pm

    @Katman, yip.

  • 44.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 13:08 pm

    @Baylion(Baylion)-42:

    He means that rugby is only for white people

  • 45.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 13:09 pm

    @Pot Blou Gevaar(Pot Blou Gevaar)-41:

    Like Reyhan, he needs some electrocution

  • 46.greatest13gerber: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 13:12 pm

    deserves to have a job…keep him away from media and he be ok

  • 47.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 13:18 pm

    @greatest13gerber(greatest13gerber)-46: Agreed, He’s a good coach with good experience.

  • 48.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 13:18 pm

    @Baylion(Baylion)-42: don’t worry, in his mind the fact that the genesis of afrikaners playing rugby was the sport being taught to them by the english in Boer War concentration camps is immaterial. :roll:

  • 49.Hondo: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 13:25 pm

    For once I agreed with a quota lord :(
    PdV was a sound rugby coach who was thrusted into the Boks’ coach position despite never dealing with players older than 21 years old, his allies Smit , PdF and Matfield saw to his downfall but he had no choice in that matter really.
    He won me over by keeping The Beast and Chiliboi out of the match 22 in the QF against the Wallabies, it takes a lot of courage and integrity to do that

  • 50.Pot Blou Gevaar: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2012, 13:54 pm

    @Dawn(Dawn)-45:
    agreed…, BUT JA :sad:

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