SA Rugby CEO Rian Oberholzer has provided a hint as to who might replace Rassie Erasmus as Springboks head coach.<\/b><\/p>\n
Erasmus<\/a> has recently signed a contract extension through to the 2031 Rugby World Cup in the USA, but SA Rugby already have a succession plan in place.<\/p>\n By the time the tournament in America comes around, the former flanker will have been involved with the Boks coaching team for 13 years, working in the director of rugby and head coach roles.<\/p>\n Previously, SA Rugby have given coaches four-year deals, allowing the likes of Jake White, Peter de Villiers, and Heyneke Meyer to build up to a World Cup with their contracts expiring after the tournament before a change is made.<\/p>\n However, Oberholzer<\/a> says that the organisation has moved away from that cycle and wants to reward the coaches who are producing results.<\/p>\n Change in policy<\/p>\n He added that the next head coaches of the national teams are likely to come through the structures, meaning that Erasmus\u2019 replacement could already be part of the Springboks<\/a> coaching team.<\/p>\n That was the case in 2020 when Jacques Nienaber took over the reins from Erasmus, and that could be repeated after the 2031 World Cup.<\/p>\n Oberholzer revealed as much when appearing on SABC to discuss the state of SA Rugby.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is all part of the next phase and the next series and period of time where we start to look at Rassie\u2019s succession planning, but it\u2019s not just about the men\u2019s team,\u201d the CEO explained when asked about the succession planning.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to look at the women\u2019s, u20s, u18s and sevens, so we are happy, and we announced a while ago that Swys de Bruin is staying on as the Women\u2019s coach until the next World Cup, so that is a positive step for us.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are moving away from a cycle of coaches coaching for one World Cup cycle, and then we feel it\u2019s important for them to change.<\/p>\n World Rugby have \u2018created their own monster\u2019 as prominent coach hits out at calls to depower scrums<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n