PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
Allister Coetzee still Bok coach as review continues
The coach has a four-year contract and so far SA Rugby has refused to make any public statements about Coetzee’s future
Springbok coach Allister Coetzee remains in his post — for now — after a review committee began its probe to find the reasons behind the national team’s failures in 2016. SA Rugby president Mark Alexander on Tuesday said the process would continue into January, increasing the likelihood that Coetzee will survive after steering the Boks to only four wins in 12 Tests in 2016. Coetzee evaded the question in November of whether he would resign after the Boks lost 20-18 to Italy. The coach has a four-year contract and so far SA Rugby has refused to make any public statements about Coetzee’s future. The governing body has referred to going through a "process" before announcements are made. Tuesday marked the first formal part of that process to address the deflating season that saw the Boks lose eight of 12 Tests, statistically the worst return in a calendar year in Springbok history. But since the Boks lost to Italy in Florence there have been back channel talks about what direction to t...
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