How Rassie helped pull the plug on water boys

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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 24: South African Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus shouts instruction to his players during the 1st test at Cape Town Stadium on July 24, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by MB Media/Getty Images)

CHRIS HEWETT

UNINTENDED consequences? You can’t move for them in the Union game.
World Rugby has just announced another of its “global trials” (the nongoverning governing body comes up short on many measures, but self-importance is not among them).
The subject this time is water carriers, particularly those who double up as head coaches or rugby directors. Rassie Erasmus, the moving spirit behind South Africa’s return to the top of the log and current No.1 villain, is the man widely credited with raising the NGGB from its slumbers, but Rassie being Rassie, he won’t be losing any of his...

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