{"id":419968,"date":"2026-01-17T22:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/419968\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T22:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:28:07","slug":"erasmus-breaks-silence-on-tony-browns-all-blacks-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/419968\/","title":{"rendered":"Erasmus breaks silence on Tony Brown&#8217;s All Blacks speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rassie Erasmus has taken to social media to break the silence on speculation over Tony Brown\u2019s future with the Springboks.<\/p>\n<p>The news of Scott Robertson\u2019s sacking by the New Zealand Rugby immediately got the rumour mill churning with suggestions that Brown could return home.<\/p>\n<p>Rassie breaks silence on Tony Brown\u2019s future<\/p>\n<p>The Boks\u2019 attack guru twice rejected the advances of NZ Rugby, who wanted him to join the Ian Foster and Robertson coaching staffs.<\/p>\n<p>However, Brown stayed loyal to Jamie Joseph and opted to serve as his assistant coach in Japan until the end of the 2023 Rugby World Cup before joining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/tag\/rassie-erasmus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erasmus<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/south-africa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson\u2019s dismissal has sparked the notion that it would be the third time lucky for NZ Rugby, with Joseph viewed as the frontrunner to take the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/new-zealand\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks<\/a> head coaching reins.<\/p>\n<p>Erasmus quashed the speculation on Saturday evening, taking to social media platform X, formerly Twitter and did so in classic Rassie fashion, using a meme from The Wolf of Wall Street movie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday is a great day!! Sleep Lekka,\u201d the Springboks boss\u2019 post read with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/tag\/tony-brown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brown\u2019s<\/a> face edited over Leonardo DiCaprio with the text on the image reading \u2018I\u2019m not leaving\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Erasmus doubled down with an AI-generated post of the scene from the movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-1 text-sm font-semibold leading-snug text-title line-clamp-3 sm:mb-0 sm:text-[15px] sm:leading-5 sm:line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/all-blacks-legend-springboks-would-be-stupid-to-let-tony-brown-leave\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks legend: Springboks would be \u2018stupid\u2019 to let Tony Brown leave<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"my-1 text-sm font-semibold leading-snug text-title line-clamp-3 sm:mb-0 sm:text-[15px] sm:leading-5 sm:line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/scott-robertson-sacked-15-coaches-the-all-blacks-could-turn-to-to-right-the-ship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Robertson sacked! 15 coaches the All Blacks could turn to to right the ship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some more confirmatiom.<br \/>Sleep.dream and wake up with a smile = Content <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G55Kf7hOsj\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/G55Kf7hOsj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Johan Erasmus (@RassieRugby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RassieRugby\/status\/2012612958849830963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brown is currently contracted to SA Rugby through to the conclusion of the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia, and reports state that Erasmus is eager to extend his deal through to 2031.<\/p>\n<p>The Bok boss has re-signed until that date, and it was reported that he wanted all of his assistants to remain on the books until then, too, which stalled negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>When announcing Erasmus\u2019 extension, a SA Rugby statement added: \u201cAn announcement on the contract negotiations with other members of the Springbok coaching team will be made in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The head coach\u2019s social media posts hint that Brown may have put pen to paper.<\/p>\n<p>The attack coach may well be sticking around in South Africa for the time being, but he has made no secret of wanting to work with New Zealand in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne day, maybe I might coach the All Blacks \u2013 I don\u2019t know. I just want to be part of this coaching set-up and the Springboks over the next four years,\u201d he said in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/matt-williams-revels-in-all-blacks-mess-after-exceptionally-harsh-scott-robertson-sacking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Williams revels in All Blacks \u2018mess\u2019 after \u2018exceptionally harsh\u2019 Scott Robertson sacking<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rassie Erasmus has taken to social media to break the silence on speculation over Tony Brown\u2019s future with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,818,1182,1736,44,10531,760,1183,85,138618],"class_list":["post-419968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-home-page","tag-internationals","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-rassie-erasmus","tag-rugby","tag-south-africa","tag-sports","tag-tony-brown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}