Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus addresses media in Cape Town in his first press conference of 2024 (Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images).
One clear takeaway from Rassie Erasmus’ first media briefing of the year as Springbok coach on Tuesday was the journey towards their Rugby World Cup title defence in Australia in 2027 is already under way.
That should be no surprise to anyone who has followed South African rugby since Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber first took the reins of a struggling national side in 2018.
It has been success after success since then, with the Boks winning back-to-back World Cups in 2019 and 2023 while also coming back from 1-0 down to claim a coveted British & Irish Lions series triumph in 2021.
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