Is Pieter de Villiers playing discordant musical chairs with Ruan Pienaar and Francois Steyn? Will these two players’ amazing versatility and prodigious talent prove to be a curse? I ask this because it was under Jake White that the curse first came to the fore. White used these talented ex-Grey College boys in virtually every […]
Poen de Villiers
Poen de Villiers was a sports and news journalist for more than 30 years on daily publications including The Friend (Bloemfontein); Rand Daily Mail and The Citizen. This included 12 years as a sports journalist and sports editor at The Friend. He covered rugby, cricket, boxing, athletics and tennis. In 1976, he joined the now-defunct Rand Daily Mail as the rugby writer where, in addition to reporting on rugby events, he wrote a weekly column �In the Ruck with Poen de Villiers�.
After retiring, he revived this column for an online publication �Sports Gazette� � a labour of love brought out monthly (when possible) with photographer Wessel Oosthuizen (now also retired).
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Springbok victory was no stroke of genius
The Springboks’ 43-17 victory over Six Nations and Triple Crown champions Wales in Bloemfontein last Saturday is certainly reason to celebrate — but to go into complete euphoria and claim that it ushered in a new era of a different brand of South African rugby is perhaps just a bit too much. It wasn’t a […]