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South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has claimed that his side are being targeted by referees because of their world champion status.
De Villiers, who recently contacted IRB Referee Chief Paddy O'Brien to unearth answers to their scrum woes in Perth, has explained it is a 'complete waste of time' speaking to officials before international fixtures.
South Africa currently sit atop of the Tri-Nations standings following four successive wins and one recent defeat to Australia in Brisbane. But the coach still believes they have been unfairly treated by several officials of late.
"People don't want to see other teams being successful. That is my biggest problem at the moment," he said, speaking to News24.
"We can't go public about certain things because we don't have all the evidence, but the body language of certain officials when things went against us in that game made us worry."
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