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Rassie Erasmus. (File, Gallo Images)
Rassie Erasmus. (File, Gallo Images)

Johannesburg - After a year making friends and influencing people in Ireland as the Munster head coach, former Springbok flanker Rassie Erasmus has come back to pretty much his old job at SA Rugby, as the organisation finally confirmed the worst-kept secret on Friday.

While the new title of director of rugby isn’t quite general manager of high performance, as was the case before he left in what many understood to be a huff because Allister Coetzee got the Bok coaching job and he didn’t, SA Rugby’s news release gave the impression that Erasmus’ lot would consist of tinkering behind the scenes as he oversees South Africa’s “eight national teams”.

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