Lions in SA
Div must explain comments
2009-06-27 20:12
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Coach Peter de Villiers (Gallo)
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Pretoria - Peter de Villiers will meet with South African Rugby Union (SARU) president Oregan Hoskins to discuss the Springbok coach's recent statements that were reported in the media.
The South African and travelling overseas media were taken a back by some of De Villiers's comments that followed the first Test in Durban.
A statement issued by SA Rugby on Saturday said the management committee of SARU was on Friday mandated by Hoskins to meet with De Villiers to discuss recent statements attributed to him.
"The management committee was unanimous in its concern over the racial connotations used by de Villiers in discussing the performance of scrumhalf Ricky Januarie," the statement concludes.
De Villiers' most recent remark that left journalists aghast was at the feedback press conference last Monday. Two days after the first Test, De Villiers was questioned about his decision to replace Fourie du Preez with the out-of-form Januarie.
"I'm not concerned about his form, he may have made a blunder but so did a few other players," he said in reply to a question why he had fielded Januarie. "What I learned in South Africa is, if you take your car to a garage and the owner is black or a black man, and they mess it up, you never go back to that garage. If the owner is white, you say ag, sorry, they made a mistake and you go back again. This is how some people live their lives in this country."