David Kelly looks at the problems facing Peter De Villiers prior to South Africa's arrival in Dublin in The Irish Independent.
"Even when he's winning, it seems like he's losing. As South Africa's permanently embattled coach Peter de Villiers pitches up in Dublin today, it brings to mind the old line from Tommie Smith during the build-up to his emotional Mexico Olympics podium protest.
"If I do something good, then I'm an American, but if I do something bad then I am a Negro," Tommie said.
"Ever since 53-year-old De Villiers was charged with leading South Africa's rugby fortunes nearly three years ago, his reign has been viewed largely through the prism of his country's thinly veiled difficulties in adjusting to life beyond apartheid."
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