South Africa's sports minister has ruled out racial quotas for national teams after the Springboks won the Rugby World Cup with a majority of white players.

"Quotas are out," Makhenkesi Stofile told a parliamentary sports committee.

"Let us put our resources into the development of talent."

Only two coloured players featured in the winning team's starting line-up - 13 years after the end of white minority rule. In recent years, that lack of equal representation has led to much debate about how to ensure the progress of more black players.

Politicians, including President Thabo Mbeki, have talked about the need for true racial transformation in a country with an 80 percent black population.

However, Stofile said quotas were not the answer, pointing out how such an experiment failed South African rugby a couple of years ago.

"Quotas were used only for window dressing for international consumption," he said.

"Those who have the money go and buy the players ... instead of developing the boys where they are."

Stofile said black children needed proper nutrition and facilities to help them develop the skills required to participate in sports from an early age.

"We must kill the myth that ... black people cannot play certain sporting codes because they are black," the minister told MPs.

"Let us put our resources into the development of talent."

About 200 million rand would be needed for this purpose annually, said Stofile, who proposed the creation of a national developmental rugby squad.

"We (the government) are not going to decide who must be on the team. All we are saying is: expose everybody, give them an opportunity.