Volume 19, Number 16 “If Successful in the Bid [To Host the Rugby Sevens World Cup in 2020, SA Rugby] Intends for the Tourname
“If successful in the bid [to host the Rugby Sevens World Cup in 2020, SA Rugby] intends for the tournament to be hosted in the Mother City at the Cape Town Stadium.” - SA Rugby CEO, Jurie Roux Volume 19, Number 16 09 May 2019 Register to receive your own free weekly newsletter at www.leopardnewsletters.co.za Rassie and his Attention to Detail Ever since Rassie Erasmus assumed the mantle of This would have been over twenty years ago, when Springbok coach there has been a sense of guarded laptops were considerably more expensive than they optimism among Bok supporters. Even if they didn’t are today. It was also several years before video know a lot about the man, they instinctively felt that analysis became vogue. Even so Rassie approached he is the right man for the job – even if temporarily. broadcasters and managed to get them to supply him with the footage from various matches. Over a And that faith has been rewarded with some decent period of time he built up a decent collection and results after the disaster of the last several years. But spent time analysing it to better understand opponent now, some useful insight is emerging about the man teams. himself. Then one day, in 2000, he approached the Bok One of our favourite analysts is Oom Rugby, who can coaching group and highlighted a play that the be found on Twitter and, every now and then, on Australians called every time they had a line-out in AllOutRugby. He recently posted a thread on the their own 22: the throw goes to Eales, who passes it social media platform that added to the legend of our off the top to Gregan, who throws a dummy and Springbok coach.
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