Holding or pulling people under water, grabbing, pushing, eye-gouging or swimming trunk yanking are very common!
But Schalk Burger is absent as he will miss the Boks' first three games after being banned for eye-gouging.
"I am not a rugby thug and will never intentionally engage in any eye-gouging or similar action, " he said.
Burger's offence of eye-gouging is seen as the most dangerous in rugby, with players handed lengthy bans if found guilty.
De Villers went on to say that "eye-gouging is something that we as a team will never be part of".
The Springboks will also be without flanker Schalk Burger, who was banned for eight weeks for eye-gouging Lions wing Luke Fitzgerald.
"I am unable to conclude that there was eye-gouging in the sense of a ripping or aggressive intrusion of the eye area, " added Hudson.
Former Sale forward Peter Anglesea was handed a 12-month ban for eye-gouging in 2001, though his punishment was overturned by a subsequent Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing.
Hopley contrasted Williams' 12-month ban with the less severe punishments handed out to South Africa flanker Schalk Burger for eye-gouging and to former Bath lock Justin Harrison for admitting three drug-related charges.
"In recent weeks we have seen players found guilty of eye-gouging receiving bans of between eight and 12 weeks, and another player found guilty of misconduct receive an eight-month ban, " added Hopley.
The judicial officer who dealt with Burger's case, Alan Hudson, cleared him of the specific charge of eye-gouging as determined by the International Rugby Board, but found him guilty of committing an act contrary to good sportsmanship.
The International Rugby Board (IRB) says it is looking into the issue of eye-gouging after the incident involving Burger and another involving Italy captain Sergio Parisse, who was also banned for eight weeks for a similar offence during Saturday's 27-6 defeat by New Zealand in Christchurch.
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