Peter de Villiers
Coach, Athlete
1957 –
Who is Peter de Villiers?
Peter de Villiers is a South African rugby union coach who was the coach of the South Africa national rugby union team. After his successes with South African U19 and U21 squads, de Villiers was named as the coach of South Africa's national team, the Springboks in January 2008, the first-ever non-white to be appointed to the position. He has since enjoyed such milestone successes as defeating the New Zealand All Blacks in Dunedin, a record victory over the Australian Wallabies that same year, a series victory over the British and Irish Lions and most recently the winning of the 2009 Tri Nations. He played scrum-half in his early year. Following an 11–9 defeat to Australia in the Rugby World Cup quarter-final, De Villiers stated that he will see out the rest of his contract that end in December 2011.
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