Under-fire South Africa coach Allister Coetzee insisted he alone was not responsible for a dreadful run of results as the battered Springboks arrived in Cardiff for the final match of their European tour. Despite that shock loss to the Japanese, South Africa recovered to finish third at the World Cup after being edged out by eventual champions New Zealand in a tense semi-final. Following the tournament, coach Heyneke Meyer resigned and was replaced by Coetzee, who has since presided over the ensuing slump. "But I only got started in April and there are challenges in South African rugby that are unique to us. "In the 21 years since our World Cup win in 1995 we've only had four good years, and if we continue what we've been doing you're not going to see any different result.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 23, 2016 18:56 UTC