NICK CAIN

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THE lengths that international coaches will go to in order to get an edge is starting to resemble the shadow world of espionage – with players now acting as secret agents.
South Africa’s 2019 World Cup-winning coach Rassie Erasmus – now promoted to national director of rugby – has a reputation for drilling down into detail in such a microscopic way that it would make even Sir Clive Woodward’s head spin.
It has emerged that Erasmus commissioned analysis on World Cup referees that did not just focus on scrums, lineou...