According to Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus, the Cape side pitched up with a competitive mindset, and the Bulls can take a leaf out of their semi-final performance ... Erasmus said this week.
In recent years, Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has often been described as a mad scientist — a play on the honorary doctorate he holds — but also most certainly for his innovation and evolution of the game of rugby.
Bok coach Rassie Erasmus says the plethora of emerging talent that will be on display at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday is confirmation that South Africa’s rugby structures are working.
Many an eyebrow was raised when Rassie Erasmus named Lions fullback QuanHorn at flyhalf for the Springboks' encounter with the Barbarians on Saturday, but the coach has explained that he needs to protect his front-line flyhalves.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus continued to take an innovative approach on Tuesday after naming his first Springbok matchday 23 of the 2026 international season by selecting QuanHorn as his starting No 10 to face the Barbarians this weekend.
Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus insists it would have been absolute folly to release Tony Brown from his contract early, after New ZealandRugby dropped the bombshell that the attack guru is returning home in 2028.
The Springboks are 16 months away from the World Cup in Australia, but Rassie Erasmus won't sacrifice winning on the altar of planning ... “If you don’t keep winning, you lose momentum,” Erasmus said.
The networking event provided an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of Erasmus+ participants in Uzbekistan, strengthen professional and academic networks, and promote dialogue among students, alumni, universities, and institutional partners.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus says he has wished his football counterpart, Hugo Broos, everything of the best for Thursday night’s big kick-off in Mexico (9pm), but worries that his message may have been lost in translation.
The Springboks’ first-choice half-back pairing of Sacha Feinberg Mngomezulu and CobusReinach will be shipshape for the Boks’ first Test against the All Blacks on August 21, according to coach Rassie Erasmus.