Good news: Here is who will coach the Springboks next!

The Springbok team huddled together. Picture: SA Rugby online.
It was announced earlier this year that current Springboks head coach Jacques Nienaber will leave his position after the 2023 World Cup in order to join Leinster in Ireland. Nienaber gave personal reasons for his decision, but he insisted that his main objective for the year was to give it his all in the Springboks’ attempt to win the Rugby World Cup. That was accomplished on Saturday night, quite nicely.
Naturally, a lot of attention has focused on the potential successors to Nienaber. Director of rugby Rassie Erasmus is reportedly going to be crucial in helping SA Rugby decide who will be named as the next head coach.
Before the Test season began, SA Rugby’s acting CEO, Rian Oberholzer, declared, “We will be led by the director of rugby (Erasmus).” “Jacques was appointed from within [SA Rugby’s] structures because of succession planning.” We feel that this is the best course of action moving forward.
Additionally, it has already been established that SA Rugby will not be hastily scheduling an appointment and will not be considering hiring a coach from abroad.
According to the most recent reports, SA Rugby is reportedly content to allow Cassie Erasmus to serve as the Springbok head coach in the interim.
SA Rugby is happy to let Erasmus take the helm until a final decision is made, and reports from Sunday indicate that the team has no immediate plans to advertise the position of head coach.
ANOTHER NEW COACH FOR SPRINGBOKS
As Nienaber prepares to hang up his boots, Duane Vermeulen is reportedly being considered to take over as defense coach.
In light of all of this, SA Rugby previously declared that Head of Athletic Performance Andy Edwards and three current Springbok assistant coaches, Mzwandile Stick, Deon Davids, and Daan Human, had signed four-year contract extensions. They will stay with the team as a result until the end of the Australian Rugby World Cup in 2027.
The two most senior assistant coaches in the setup, Stick and Davids, are the clear front-runners to succeed Nienaber, and it has already been stated that the Springboks will almost certainly promote from within. If SA Rugby decides to post the job, they might get some interesting applicants, but it seems less likely that a “outsider” will be hired because they would undoubtedly prefer to hire their own assistant coaches.