The Star's Mike Greenaway provides his take on the imminent appointment of Heyneke Meyer as Springboks coach.
"The irony of the expected appointment of Heyneke Meyer as Springbok coach on Friday afternoon is that it is an indirect admission of guilt by the South African Rugby Union (Saru) that they chose the wrong man in 2008 to succeed Jake White.
Meyer was the hot favourite back then because of the dynasty he had built at the Bulls, only for the unheralded Peter de Villiers to pop up from obscurity to trump Meyer – with the help of an administration that admitted the decision was about “more than rugby”.
Four years later, the tables have been turned. De Villiers reapplied for his old job, but it is understood that that he was never in the picture after a sometimes bizarre reign that saw the Boks hit rare heights of success in one season only to hit rock bottom the next, with the whole shabang crashing down to earth after a humiliating quarter-final exit at last year’s Rugby World Cup."
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