News24 | Why Rassie couldn’t leave Springbok hot seat: ‘I’m so in love with this country’

News24 | Why Rassie couldn’t leave Springbok hot seat: ‘I’m so in love with this country’

Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus speaks to Cape Town media ahead of the 2src24 international season (Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images)

Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus speaks to Cape Town media ahead of the 2024 international season (Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images)

With career-long partner Jacques Nienaber now settled at Leinster, Rassie Erasmus begins the next chapter of his already illustrious coaching career, and the task is simple: win an unprecedented third straight Rugby World Cup in Australia in 2027.

Erasmus solidified his legendary status in South African rugby in 2019 when, after just 18 months in charge as head coach with Nienaber, his right-hand man, he guided the Boks to a stunning World Cup triumph in Ja

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