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<blockquote data-quote="Boggle" data-source="post: 325221" data-attributes="member: 13621"><p>His attitude was most likely not too good at the start because he thought he was making a mistake.</p><p></p><p>Remember, Jean De Villiers is one of the players who wants to play in a world cup more than anyone can imagine.</p><p>He has been painfully denied twice in a row now by injuries at the 11th hour and 59th minute (hell he even went to France just to get his bicep torn against Samoa) and I think he knew that if he was going to</p><p>be in Munster for the next 3 years he wasn't going to get picked for 2011.</p><p></p><p>Peter De Villiers explained that the reason he had no problem picking Jean De Villiers even though he is an over seas based player was that he did in fact phone PDV before flying up to tell him he was making a huge</p><p>mistake, telling him he would try and be back after a year.</p><p></p><p>Jean even mentioned a couple of months ago that he wanted to come home and he would love it for WP to take him back, that also should have proved that he was serious about it.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying he hated it at Munster, as it sounds like he was going at it pretty well later on, but De Villiers is a WP man through and through, he probably missed it, and Springbok rugby</p><p>too much to continue playing for Munster right through the next world cup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boggle, post: 325221, member: 13621"] His attitude was most likely not too good at the start because he thought he was making a mistake. Remember, Jean De Villiers is one of the players who wants to play in a world cup more than anyone can imagine. He has been painfully denied twice in a row now by injuries at the 11th hour and 59th minute (hell he even went to France just to get his bicep torn against Samoa) and I think he knew that if he was going to be in Munster for the next 3 years he wasn't going to get picked for 2011. Peter De Villiers explained that the reason he had no problem picking Jean De Villiers even though he is an over seas based player was that he did in fact phone PDV before flying up to tell him he was making a huge mistake, telling him he would try and be back after a year. Jean even mentioned a couple of months ago that he wanted to come home and he would love it for WP to take him back, that also should have proved that he was serious about it. I'm not saying he hated it at Munster, as it sounds like he was going at it pretty well later on, but De Villiers is a WP man through and through, he probably missed it, and Springbok rugby too much to continue playing for Munster right through the next world cup. [/QUOTE]
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