Peter de Villiers

Quick Facts

Full Name	Peter de Villiers
Occupation	Rugby Union Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 3, 1957(1957-06-03)
Age	67
Birthplace	Paarl
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Western Cape
Horoscope	Gemini

Peter de Villiers Biography

Peter de Villiers is one of the most popular and richest Rugby Union Player who was born on June 3, 1957 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa. Peter de Villiers (born 3 June 1957 in Paarl) is the South African rugby union player and coach. He was the coach for the South Africa national rugby union team from 2008 until 2011 after his success in players from the South African U19 and U21 squads. He was also the first non-white coach to hold the post.

Springbok prop Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira has asked whether the coach for the nation’s national team, Peter de Villiers was competent in the role he played between the years of 2008 between 2008 and 2011. Mtawarira was a player who was a player for the first time in his Springbok debut under De Villiers as coach in 2008, has revealed the shocking revelation in his autobiography Beast that will go available from July.

In June 2009, shortly after the second test between the Boks and the Lions, flanker Schalk Burger received an eight-week ban for eye-gouging Lions wing Luke Fitzgerald. De Villiers responded to the incident by reminding the press that “rugby is a contact sport, and so is dancing”. He went on further by saying:

One of his more controversial comments featured a decidedly racial overtone. In June 2009 shortly after the first test between the Springboks and British and Irish Lions at Loftus Versveld in Pretoria, De Villiers was quoted as saying:

After the unpopular conclusion of Jake White’s time in the role of Springbok coach, following the South African team’s Rugby World Cup victory in France in November 2007 De Villiers was short-listed for the job together with three other potential candidates with a the successful Bulls coach Heyneke Meyer. Cheeky Watson Neil de Beer and Koos Rossouw were the three people who were driving his campaign to win the election, with Koos Rossouw as the main source of funding. On January 1, 2008 De Villiers was appointed as the first white head coach for the Springboks however, South African Rugby Union (SARU) President Oregan Hoskins stated that his rugby experience was not the only reason for the selection: “We have made the appointment and taken into account the issue of transformation when we made it. I don’t think that tarnishes Peter; I’m just being honest with our country.”

Peter de Villiers Net Worth

Peter de Villiers is one of the richest Rugby Union Player from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Peter de Villiers 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a coach for the an amateur team Tygerberg in 1996 and 1997, as well as his club, Western Province Disas in 1997. He had his first significant role as assistant coach of Western Province in the Currie Cup as well as in the South Africa national under-19 side that he led to third place at 1999’s Under 19 Rugby World Championship. He coached on the Falcons to victory in the 2002 and 2003 Currie Cup campaigns before going to lead his South Africa national under-21 rugby union team from 2004 to the year 2006. The 2004, Under 21 Rugby World Championship, South Africa finished third and won in 2005 and was second in 2006. The year 2007 was the first time De Villiers was appointed coach of the Emerging Springboks and led them to victory in the 2007 Nations Cup.

Mtawarira was speaking about the reality the fact that De Villiers had inherited Jake White’s 2007 World Cup winning team with seniors like Victor Matfield, Fourie du Preez, Schalk Burger, John Smit, Bakkies Botha, Danie Rossouw, Jean de Villiers, Jaque Fourie, Bryan Habana and JP Pietersen leading the pack.

The Springboks won 30 of their 48 matches under the helm of De Villiers. The 62.5% win percentage includes a 47% win percentage against the All Blacks, having played them 11 times and losing 6 matches, one of which was 40-7. A record defeat at the time. De Villiers is the first Springbok coach since Nick Mallet to have a 100% win record over the All Blacks in a single year (2009). De Villiers is also the first coach since Nelie Smith to have secured a series win over the British and Irish Lions.

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The side lost again, 16–9, to Australia not long after, but this time De Villiers cast no doubt over the probity of his opponents. In the after match interview De Villiers claimed there was a lot he could learn from the Australian team. He subsequently took his team to a historic triumph in Dunedin, trumping the All Blacks 30–28 before thrashing Argentina with nine tries in a score of 63–9.

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Peter Ranked on the list of most popular Rugby Union Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Peter de Villiers celebrates birthday on June 3 of every year.

The Springboks’ first training squad under De Villiers, comprising 42 players, included sixteen of colour. Dick Muir and Gary Gold were named assistant coaches shortly thereafter. Controversy arose again, however, when Ricky Januarie was dropped for “disciplinary reasons”. Going into the Tri Nations, De Villiers’s 28-man squad included ten of colour and took two victories against Wales (43–17 and 37–21) and one against Italy (26–0) in Incoming Tours.

What is Peter de Villiers doing now?

On 12 August 2021, he was announced as Good’s candidate for mayor of the Drakenstein Local Municipality in the local government elections scheduled for 1 November 2021. The municipality’s seat is his hometown of Paarl.

What happened to Peter de Villiers his wife?

Now Peter de Villiers is without the woman who’s been by his side throughout all the trials and tribulations of life. Theresa de Villiers (62) was found drowned in a swimming pool at the home of family friends in Gqeberha on 4 April. She was dressed in gym clothes and appeared to have been in the water for some time.

Who is Peter de Villiers?

Former Springbok coach , Peter de Villiers and his wife, Theresa. The body of the wife of Peter de Villiers, a former Springbok rugby coach, was found floating in a swimming pool in Fairview, Gqeberha, on Monday afternoon, police said.

When was Peter de Villiers Springbok coach?

De Villiers coached the Springboks from 2008 to 2011 , with a controversial defeat to Australia in the Rugby World Cup quarter-final coming at the end of his tenure. While not everyone’s cup of tea while at the helm of the Springboks, under Peter de Villiers’ leadership the national side won 30 of their 48 Tests.

Who is AB de Villiers wife?

Danielle de Villiers