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Article: The return of; Du Preez boost for Boks.(Sports)
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- The Independent on Saturday (South Africa)
- Article date:
- July 26, 2008
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BYLINE: Gavin Rich
Fourie du Preez may well be the key to the Springbok chances of winning the Tri-Nations - and national coach Peter de Villiers would be wise not to accede to the clamour for the removal of Butch James until he has seen the KwaZulu-Natalian play with his World Cup halfback partner from last year.
The man rated by some critics at last year's World Cup as the best player in world rugby, and the architect of South Africa's whopping 36-0 annihilation of England in a pool game, could hold the key to several aspects of the Springbok game as they look forward to the home leg of the southern hemisphere competition.
The scrumhalf was ...