Respect

he speaks the truth

hats off to him, no matter how much abuse he took, he always held his head high and was ready with a skreeusnaaks riposte.

and we nilled the ab’s under his tenure.

glad he is still involved at youth level.

He did lose us the WC game against England in Perth through shoddy decision making, though.

Louis Koen – you’ve got to be kldding me – he single-handledly lost us a House of Pain test match through his lack of big match temperament – missing several goalable penalties when it counted; and he choked in the World Cup against England – USELESS; he’s a loser, shouldn’t be anywhere near that side.

one of the greatest lost talents in SA rugby.

powerful scrummager at his peak with no equal. One of the most destructive THs of the last 20 years.

@BuckT(BuckTrendy)-55:
serious finger crossing atm.

The biggest problem with SA Rugby is there governance model. It is corrupt to the core. Fix that and you will see SA Rugby sore to unprecedented heights – for the good of ALL South Africans.

Unfortunately it is the problem with the WHOLE of SA, starting from the top of the ANC dictatorship.

Yes this week. Seems like we will hear the real story. But also seems like Divvy was an honourable guy with integrity. I think he was out of his depth as coach, but he looked after his players and had real integrity. A real rugby man. Saw through all the political bullshit, as well as Luke ‘the puke’ Watson, even though it seems like Watson’s father was the real reason behind destroying Luke.

From his books launch:

“You ask the question, this is a multibillion-rand indus-try, are the right people managing it?”

De Villiers said the Kings, the controversial sixth team trying to force its way into the Super Rugby competition, was indicative of the broader malaise. Led by Watson, they are the descendants of the Spears that De Villiers had started with four players and no budget in 2004.

“Then they said we were costing them too much money, so they shut us down. Now we’ve got a franchise in a format that there is no room for, into which they are pumping millions.”

The Eastern Cape needs rugby to be developed, as 60 percent of all SA’s black players come from the region, but the Kings isn’t the answer, De Villiers said.

“If you want to introduce rugby, make every Super 15 team play a game there. If you want to develop talent, let it run its natural course, not by buying players from elsewhere. If they gave black players the chance, they would be the best they could be…

“We don’t have enough (quality) players to justify it. Instead of creating a vehicle to develop and keep the best black rugby players in the country, we’re making a team for the seventh, eighth and ninth best white players who don’t have anything left to give.”

The team’s inability to be competitive, he said, would make them a laughing stock.

Giving new Bok coach Meyer his full backing, he said: “The one thing we must do is support Heyneke… Our duty, every one of us, is just to support him.” – The Star