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De Villiers predicts golden era for Boks.(Sports)
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Pretoria News (South Africa)
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January 10, 2008
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BYLINE: ASHFAK MOHAMED
New Springbok coach Peter de Villiers does not intend to make drastic changes to the national set-up after being appointed as the successor to Jake White yesterday.
De Villiers said he wants to use the momentum gained from South Africa's World Cup triumph to push the country's rugby forward into a golden period of success.
Critics of De Villiers' appointment have voiced the concern that he may pick several black players who may not be good enough to play international rugby in order to push transformation to the fore at the expense of merit and winning Test matches.
But he countered that yesterday by saying that, while he was committed ...