SA Rugby confirm coaching overhaul
SA Rugby has confirmed key coaching changes to national teams in a bid to emulate the Boks’ success.
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SA Rugby has confirmed key coaching changes to national teams in a bid to emulate the Boks’ success.
New Zealand will be without the services of lock Patrick Tuipulotu and playmaker Stephan Perofeta as the All Blacks named a 36-player squad for the two Rugby Championship Tests against the Springboks.
Rassie Erasmus has boosted the world champions by adding Steven Kitshoff, Jaden Hendrikse and Canan Moodie to an enlarged squad for Tests against New Zealand.
New Zealand’s upcoming back-to-back Tests against the Springboks in South Africa is a “red-hot” taste of the epic tours that will resume in 2026 between the old rivals.
All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has hailed Rassie Erasmus for taking an “innovative” approach ahead of the two-Test mini-series against the Springboks in South Africa.
The Springboks could be without Faf de Klerk for the rest of the year, but Rassie Erasmus will be able to recall a quartet of World Cup winners for the upcoming duel with the All Blacks.
Happy after using a full squad to secure successive bonus-point wins in Australia, Rassie Erasmus has already turned his attention to a ‘massive mini-series’ against the All Blacks.
The Springboks outmuscled the Wallabies to claim a bonus-point victory in the Perth rain and win back-to-back Tests in Australia for the first time in 53 years on Saturday.
Salmaan Moerat said back-to-back wins in Australia will give the Springboks plenty of confidence for two blockbuster showdowns with New Zealand back home.
Mzwandile Stick says that the Springboks are hungry to finish their mini-tour of Australia unbeaten as they brace for a Wallabies backlash in Perth on Saturday.