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SA Rugby to take time to find replacement for Nienaber

Rugby president Mark Alexander stated they’d look internally in addition to externally at candidates for the Bok teaching job.

SA Rugby are in no rush to substitute departing Springboks head coach Jacques Nienaber.

That’s in accordance to the rugby physique’s president, Mark Alexander, who addressed the media after the World Cup-winning group’s arrival again in South Africa on Tuesday morning, following their epic 12-11 win in opposition to the All Blacks within the closing in Paris on the weekend.

Nienaber, who took over the Springboks teaching gig in 2020, will depart the place to be part of Irish province Leinster as a senior coach.

The 51-year-old coach bows out having led South Africa to their fourth Webb Ellis Cup win. During his tenure, Nienaber additionally guided the group to a win in opposition to the British and Irish Lions in 2021 and took the group to primary on the earth rankings.

Options

“We’ll do a wash-up of the tour (World Cup), and then we’ll see what our succession plan looks like and where we are in that planning. Based on that, we’ll either decide to get a coach next year, the following year or maybe the director of rugby (Rassie Erasmus) will coach the team until the next World Cup (in 2027),” Alexander stated.

He added SA Rugby weren’t in a rush to get somebody within the position, however that they might be trying internally of their buildings, but in addition externally.

Mzwandile Stick of the Springboks. Picture: Steve Haag/Gallo Images

“There’s no big rush for us to appoint a coach, we have the director of rugby fulfilling that role in the meantime,” stated Alexander.

“We are taking our time to see how the opposite coaches inside the system have fared to this point after which we’ll decide.

“We are looking from within because we are building succession and capacity within the organisation, so we’ll look deep in the organisation and if we fail to find the right person, we’ll look outside.”

Assistant coaches Mzwandile Stick and Deon Davids could be within the working, however there are different coaches inside SA Rugby’s buildings who might be thought-about, in addition to plenty of different high-quality coaches not presently concerned in teaching at SA Rugby degree.

Meanwhile, the Springboks may have a relaxation day on Wednesday earlier than they begin their World Cup trophy tour on Thursday, protecting Pretoria, Johannesburg and Soweto. Then on Friday, they are going to be in Cape Town and on Saturday and Sunday they are going to showcase the trophy in Durban and East London.


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