Rugby: South Africa's racial quota backdown

South Africa's sports minister ruled out racial quotas for national teams after the mainly white Springboks' recent victory in the rugby World Cup reignited the debate over transformation.

"Quotas are out," Makhenkesi Stofile told a parliamentary sports committee. "Let us put our resources into the development of talent."

The presence of only two coloured players in the winning team's starting line-up, 13 years after the end of white minority rule, has led to a new bout of soul-searching about how to ensure the progress of more black players.