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NOT SAFE:  Springbok Coach Allister Coetzee is still not safe from the axe. (Stu Forster, Getty Images).
NOT SAFE: Springbok Coach Allister Coetzee is still not safe from the axe. (Stu Forster, Getty Images).

Cape Town - SA Rugby president Mark Alexander has thrown a spanner in the works by denying that Springbok coach Allister Coetzee staying is a foregone conclusion.

Since the Boks returned from their abysmal tour of Europe, where they lost all three of their Test matches, including a first defeat to Italy, speculation has been rife that SA Rugby had all but decided to persist with Coetzee as they do not have the rumoured R13 million they would need to sack him.

But Alexander said a few days ago the organisation was looking at its options, one of which included continuing without Coetzee.

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