Let’s pour cold water over this Rassie Erasmus ruse | Nick Cain

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Springboks head coach Rassie Erasmus

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 14: South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus (c) wearing a face covering acts as a water boy during the match between South Africa A and the British and Irish Lions at Cape Town Stadium on July 14, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

THE Rassie Erasmus decision to become a waterboy-coach during the midweek clash between the Lions and South Africa A sparked an argument which has been waiting in the wings for years.
Erasmus, who is now South Africa’s director of rugby, took over the coaching of the A team when Jacques Nienaber – who succeeded him as Springbok coach after the 2019 World Cup triumph – was forced into Covid self-isolation.
Erasmus has always had a reputation as a left-field tactical thinker, with the 6-2 ‘bomb-squad’ bench split during the last World Cup a case in point. This time he was not so much left-fi...

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