Coetzee denies South Africa coup claims

ALLISTER COETZEE insists there is no truth in reports of a planned coup involving himself and Jake White aimed at toppling South African national coach Peter de Villiers.

The Western Province boss has seen his name come to the fore in the past 24 hours as a potential successor to his under-fire Springbok counterpart after comments by White in the media.

The World Cup-winning coach on Tuesday revealed his disgust at the way the national team had capitulated over the last 10 months and said he had made contact with the South African Rugby Union (SARU) over the possibility of replacing De Villiers.