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AAP Sports News (Australia)
07-18-2008
RU: De Villiers declares war against Wallabies

By Justin Chadwick

PERTH, July 18 AAP - The only thing predictable about new Springboks coach Peter de
Villiers is his unpredictability.

Labelled a "puppet" by former All Black Craig Dowd in the lead-up to last week's Tri-Nations
Test in Dunedin, de Villiers showed he was pulling all of the strings with a famous 30-28
upset over New Zealand.

Now de Villiers, the first black man to coach the Springboks, is hell bent on claiming
the scalp of the Wallabies in Saturday night's Tri-Nations clash in Perth.

But if the pressure of backing up his team's historic win over the All Blacks is hanging
over his ...

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