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Notable figures like Danie Craven, a legendary official, national coach, and Springbok scrumhalf, reluctantly complied with government demands to have Māori players excluded from the visiting All Black teams. [84] Craven also asserted that the Springbok was intrinsically tied to the white identity of the national rugby team. [82]
Williams was the Northern Transvaal coach from 1987 to 1991 and coached his team to the Currie Cup final in each year. Northern Transvaal won three of the finals, in 1987, 1988 and 1991 and in 1989 they shared the title with Western Province. In 1992 Williams was appointed Springbok coach.
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Head coach Rassie Erasmus opted to rotate some key starting positions in the Springboks' victory over Scotland on Sunday, benching captain Siya Kolisi and flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit, which has ...
He became known for his attention to detail, utilising video analysis, and soon saw his role progressed to that of forwards coach. In the coaching restructure post-2015 Rugby World Cup, Van Graan was the only member of the coaching team to survive, and he continued in his role under new Springboks head coach Allister Coetzee. [6]
He was on the coaching staff of the side that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup. In 2005, he took up a dual-coaching role when he was appointed backline coach for the Cats ahead of the 2006 Super 14 season. [17] Following the end of Jake White's tenure at the Springboks, Coetzee was one of the four main candidates to take over as head coach. [18]
Johan "Rassie" Erasmus (born 5 November 1972) is a South African rugby union coach and former player. He was the head coach of the South African national team from 2018 to the end of their 2019 World Cup campaign, doubling up on his duties as the first ever SARU Director of Rugby, to which he was appointed towards the end of 2017.
In January 2020, Nienaber was announced as the new head coach of the Springboks and handed the keys to a World Champion squad. Unusually, Nienaber had no experience as a head coach at the time. He would have to wait a full year due to the Covid-19 pandemic before finally fielding his first team against Georgia on 2 July 2021 ahead of the 2021 ...