Peter de Villiers

Watch: De Villiers makes startling allegations as he tears into SA Rugby [video]

Divvy has never been short of words, and he had more than a few for his former employer.

Peter de Villiers

Former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has made some startling allegations about the treatment he received from SA Rugby during and after his tenure with the former world champions.

De Villiers was officially unveiled as Zimababwe’s head coach on Monday and, during a press conference, he dropped a few bombshells as he accused his former employer of rendering him unemployable by blacklisting him.

“I got a call from the Zimbabwe Rugby Union to say there is a problem, SA Rugby say I am blacklisted and they cannot appoint me,” he said.

“When Boland wanted to make me coach, someone from SA Rugby offered them R2 million not to appoint me, and a union like that cannot afford to say no to that sort of money.”

Since his departure from the Springbok post in 2011, De Villiers gradually faded into obscurity as he battled to find a job in any of the unions, despite a decent record at the helm of the national team.

He was eventually snapped up by the University of the Western Cape where he took on the role of director of rugby before moving on to coach the Zimbabwean youth sides.

Pretty much like his predecessor at the Springboks, De Villiers had enjoyed great success coaching the Baby Boks before making the step up to the senior national team. His second year of his four-year tenure was his most successful as he defeated the touring British and Irish Lions side before coaching his charges to their third Tri-Nations title.

During his time at the helm, he ended the Boks’ hoodoo on New Zealand soil as his side were responsible to for the All Blacks first ever defeat in Carisbrook, otherwise aptly known as “The House of Pain” in 2008.

De Villiers finished with a rather impressive record against the then-world champions-in-waiting, winning more than half the clashes between the two sides.

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