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Article: De Villiers's selection poser.(Sports)
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- The Mercury (South Africa)
- Article date:
- June 30, 2009
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BYLINE: Jacques van der Westhuyzen
With South Africa 2-0 up in the three-Test series against the British and Irish Lions, Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has admitted having "sleepless nights" trying to decide who to play in the dead-rubber third Test at Coca-Cola Park on Saturday.
De Villiers said yesterday that the wealth of talent in South African rugby made it difficult for him to pick a Test team, while injuries to certain key players and suspensions of others had also forced him to make some tough decision.
Asked whether he'd been picking his side for the third Test with one eye on the Tri-Nations, De Villiers said: "This is the pretty ...