Gavin Rich reviews the highs and lows of South Africa's end of year tour on Supersport.
"irst up, let it be said that this was not a tour plagued by the sort of controversies that have tended to follow Peter de Villiers around during his three years as Bok coach. Part of that might be because a lot of the British media interest over the past month has been focused on the Ashes rather than rugby, another part of it might be down to the excellent coaching that De Villiers received from communications manager Andy Colquhoun.
"But De Villiers also deserves kudos for the way he has pulled his act together when it comes to answering questions from the media. While what he says may at times be debated, the way he said it did not leave him open to sanction from an administration that are known to have laid down the law in a very strict way on his verbal outbursts.
"That said, there are still too many question marks over the Bok performances for De Villiers to be safe in everyone’s eyes, and arguably only a completed Grand Slam could have seen him arrive home with complete faith restored after the disasters of the Tri-Nations season."
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