Heated questions on Monday threatened to break the autumn chill as the Springboks started their preparations for Saturday’s Test against France. A belligerent Allister Coetzee countered that the exchange between him and SA Rugby president Mark Alexander after the Springboks’ defeat against Ireland on Saturday was constructive and not heated. It was reported in SA that the conversation occurred in the emotional aftermath of another embarrassing defeat for the Boks‚ but Coetzee‚ while not denying it happened, did not agree on the tone in which it was allegedly conducted. "Let me put this meeting into context‚" he said. "It was actually a very productive meeting. Everyone is obviously disappointed after the game. "We spoke about how we are going to turn it around the next week. I don’t know your source or where you get that from. Make sure with him‚ it is definitely not the case. "We had a chat about personnel‚ the plan and just keeping him up to date about how we prepared. It was a re...
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