NEW Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer got his first taste of how tough it is going to be to marry the two main tasks he has identified when he attended the announcement press conference at the South African Rugby Union headquarters in Cape Town on Friday.
Meyer, who succeeds Peter de Villiers in the hot-seat, has been appointed for four years, and not the two that it was rumoured that Saru were offering him. While he appeared to be following the lead set by his predecessor when he said he wanted to be ‘a coach for the people’, he was also unequivocal about the task that he has set himself, which is to make the Springboks the best team in the world by doing whatever it takes to win.’There are only two kinds of rugby – winning rugby and losing rugby, and I subscribe to the first type,’ said Meyer when asked what style the Boks would employ with him as coach.’The World Cup is very important, but you cannot build at Springbok level. The building has to be done at Super Rugby, Currie Cup and the lower levels. Every single game the Springboks play is extremely important, and the mission is to win every game we play. I believe we have to choose the best available team to win every game. I want to see the Springboks back at No 1 in the world, which is where we belong.’- supersport.com
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