Former Springbok coach Jake White has given ousted Bok coach Allister Coetzee qualified support, after the latter was sacked last week.Coetzee’s Springboks won just 11 of 25 Tests for a 44% winning ratio and suffered record losses and unwanted firsts along the way‚ In 2017 the Boks lost 57-0 against the All Blacks in Albany, New Zealand — the heaviest defeat in Springbok history — and they also lost by a record 38-3 against Ireland in Dublin.In 2016‚ Coetzee’s Boks lost to Italy in Florence and also recorded just four wins in 12 Tests — the lowest return in a year when SA played more than 10 Tests in a season.Coetzee has said he also did not received enough support in terms of the time he had with the team, and coaching staff.White acknowledges these problems in his regular column for www.alloutrugby.com but questioned why Coetzee took the job under the circumstances‚ which were presented to him."Allister Coetzee should have raised his objections when he got the Springbok job. His c...
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