South Africa have much to ponder ahead of their match against the All Blacks © Getty Images
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South Africa coach Peter De Villiers must make ringing changes to the Springboks squad with a host of players simply not up to Test standard, according to Chris Ray in the South African Times.
"Springboks coach Peter de Villiers needs to rethink about those he has put faith in over the past few seasons if the Boks are serious about retaining the Rugby World Cup.
In Saturday's humiliating 39-20 defeat by the Wallabies in Sydney, several players did enough to play themselves out of World Cup contention as the Boks slumped to their sixth Tri-Nations defeat in their last seven matches.
"Losing was no surprise, but the nature of the defeat was worrying. Australia led 39-6 and took their foot off the pedal with 25 minutes to go. In that time, the Boks scored two consolation tries to add a little respectability to the final score.
"Deon Stegmann is no test-quality openside flank. He was anonymous as the Boks were beaten at the breakdown, with the Wallabies turning them over at will."
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