South African rugby officials have made it clear that they would like to see more non-white players in the Springbok team, but team manager Zola Yeye agrees that the jury is still out on the best way to achieve that.
"It's not about changes, it's about plans," he told reporters on Wednesday as the Boks prepared for the World Cup final against England.
The Bok team for Saturday will include only two blacks - wings Bryan Habana and JP Pietersen.
"I don't want to talk about big changes and say something like that, because it becomes so ominous when you talk about big changes, as if the sky is going to fall. When you transform, sometimes it becomes painful, sometimes it becomes joyous, so that's the nature of the beast."
South African media have already speculated the most likely change is the introduction of "quotas" - whereby every Bok team would include a minimum number of black players - from as early next season.
"It's a work in progress," the team manager said. "As life goes on, we need to shed some of the things that have happened, so that tomorrow will be charged by history.
"Our country is a democracy, it's a new dispensation, it's moving on, it's transforming itself as it goes on. This team is not customised for any kind of race group within our society.
"We're a diverse society in South Africa, so what is important is for us to meet those unmet needs."
There have also been rumours that the next coach will be black, fuelled in part by Jake White's recent comments that the World Cup final would almost certainly be his last match in charge, but Yeye insists nothing has been decided yet.
"Whatever team, whether soccer, rugby or cricket, mirrors our society, becomes a true reflection of our society," he said.
"We may not achieve that 100 percent, because nothing is 100 percent in life, so it's important that at least we don't do things that clash as the people of South Africa. Whatever we do, we have to do it prudently.
"Role models come out of sport, so it's really important that we take heed of that and we empower and affirm our youth. Life is an opportunity - let everybody benefit from it." - Reuters