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De Villiers blasts Super 14 coaches for picking too few black players.(News)
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Cape Times (South Africa)
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March 18, 2008
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BYLINE: ASHFAK MOHAMED
SPRINGBOK coach Peter de Villiers is angry with the South African Super 14 coaches for not picking enough black players in their starting line-ups.
De Villiers told the Cape Times yesterday that the lack of opportunities being provided by the coaches is making "life difficult" for him on the national front.
"I am not getting the support that I have been asking for from the Super 14 coaches. I am not happy at all with how black players are being treated at the moment. Jake White had the same problem when he was coach," he said.
"I don't know why this is happening, but as soon as the teams are back from their tours, I will speak to the ...
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