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Springbok coach Peter de Villiers met senior members of the South African Rugby Union in Cape Town on Friday, at the request of the chairman of the SARU technical committee, Mr James Stoffberg.

The meeting was designed to assist leadership in understanding where they could assist the Springbok coach and management in achieving improved results on the home leg of the Vodacom Tri-Nations campaign. The meeting also discussed forward planning for the Rugby World Cup in 2011.

“We had a very productive meeting and there are areas where Peter will present us with his plans for the future and we will offer our support in realising them,” said Mr Stoffberg, who is also vice president of the Union.

“He has our full support and we are confident that we can quickly be put back on track.”

The meeting was also attended by SARU president Mr Oregan Hoskins, Mr Mark Alexander (deputy president), SARU CEO Johan Prinsloo and Andy Marinos, manager of national teams.

A formal performance review of the Springbok coach will take place at a later date.