SPRINGBOK RUGBY
DESPITE the Springboks winning two World Cups in a row, 2024 marks the first time that Rassie Erasmus will have a proper four-year cycle to prepare the team for the next edition – and it may just result in a few different ways of doing things.
The former loose forward was first appointed as the Bok boss in 2018, which gave him an effective 18 months to get South Africa ready for Japan 2019.
The innovative Erasmus devised a plan to get the basics in place, concentrating on the defence system that Jacques Nienaber implemented.
It worked a treat as the Boks went all the
