Rassie Erasmus took to Twitter early on Saturday morning to blast Mallett for comments made in the latest episode of SuperSport’s panel show, Final Whistle.🏉 Click here to read the full story➡️
Mallett – joined by Swys de Bruin, Hanyani Shimange and host Owen Nkumane – debated the state of South African rugby and whether the number of teams should be reduced.When asked by Nkumane about the state of coaching in South Africa, Mallett levelled criticism at Erasmus, suggesting the SA Rugby director of rugby was not doing his job.
Erasmus posted his response to Mallett on social media and said the former Springbok coach’s comments were without substance.“I struggled to sleep because I was really upset about your comments last week on the“Nick, I am just going to tell you straight up – you don’t know what a rugby director is or what his job is. I am not appointing coaches. I have no authority in appointing coaches.
“When you talk about players running sideways for 20 minutes, we have EPD [Elite Player Development] systems from U15 where players learn those things. Some players learn it well, some not so well. I would urge you to go and sit with Louis Koen and the EPD managers, who without any budget are running those programmes to make sure those players get better.are the most important thing. That’s my first priority. I will do anything to make the Springboks win. Please don’t stop me there.
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