Peter De Villiers has continued to confound the media, but not so his assistants
© Getty Images
|
Gavin Rich marvels at an outbreak of common sense at a Springbok press conference on Supersport.
"The lure of a mutton bunny chow and the chance to watch Robbie Deans do that thing where only the bottom part of his mouth moves when speaking saw me spend last week with the Wallabies in Durban, but my colleagues tell me there was a seismic event at a Springbok press conference.
"No, the reference is not to the “100% support” for Bees comment, but to a press conference last Thursday at which, by unanimous consent, there was an extremely rare outbreak of sensible and honest stuff spoken.
"It was probably not coincidental that it was also the first press conference this year that the two Springbok assistant coaches, Gary Gold and Dick Muir, have been allowed to come out and face media questioning. Which is a pity really, for those two guys seem to be under as much pressure from some sections of the media and public as head coach Peter de Villiers is, and yet they get so little opportunity to put their own points across."
RSS feed
