{"id":420205,"date":"2026-01-18T01:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T01:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/420205\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T01:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T01:08:11","slug":"rassie-erasmus-posts-cryptic-message-on-tony-browns-all-blacks-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/420205\/","title":{"rendered":"Rassie Erasmus posts cryptic message on Tony Brown\u2019s All Blacks speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">However, Erasmus has seemingly shut the door on it \u2013 even if he\u2019s done it via an artificial intelligence-generated (AI) meme from The Wolf of Wall Street movie, posted on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cToday is a great day!! Sleep Lekka,\u201d Erasmus tweeted, with a photo of Brown\u2019s face edited on Leonardo DiCaprio\u2019s body with the caption \u201cI\u2019m not leaving\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">He then doubled down with an AI-generated video which had Brown saying \u201cI\u2019m not f***ing leaving\u201d in a Kiwi accent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">Brown has admitted in the past he has twice rejected the advances of NZR, who wanted him to join the Ian Foster and Robertson coaching staffs, but if Joseph gets the job, that could change his mind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">Last month, Erasmus re-signed to stay on as Springboks coach until the end of the 2031 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">When SA Rugby made the announcement, it added that: \u201cAn announcement on the contract negotiations with other members of the Springbok coaching team will be made in due course\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">There has been lots of public support for Joseph to take the reins as All Blacks coach, including from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/rugby\/all-blacks\/next-all-blacks-coach-jeff-wilson-backs-jamie-joseph-to-succeed-scott-robertson\/OYLAJJ7JEZCWPIRF4PVSTIGSFA\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/rugby\/all-blacks\/next-all-blacks-coach-jeff-wilson-backs-jamie-joseph-to-succeed-scott-robertson\/OYLAJJ7JEZCWPIRF4PVSTIGSFA\/\">former player and Sky Sport pundit Jeff Wilson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cFor me, the logical choice is Jamie Joseph,\u201d Wilson told Newstalk ZB. \u201cHe went head\u2011to\u2011head with Scott Robertson last time and, to my understanding, came close. Jamie Joseph is the obvious man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">Joseph is set to coach the Highlanders in the upcoming Super Rugby Pacific season, while other names linked to the job include Dave Rennie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/rugby\/all-blacks\/next-all-blacks-coach-former-nzr-boss-david-moffett-says-robbie-deans-right-man-for-the-job\/EKPCPCIDVBAKVLMT5AF7MGMEHY\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/rugby\/all-blacks\/next-all-blacks-coach-former-nzr-boss-david-moffett-says-robbie-deans-right-man-for-the-job\/EKPCPCIDVBAKVLMT5AF7MGMEHY\/\">Robbie Deans<\/a> and Sir Steve Hansen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">The All Blacks are set to tour South Africa in 2026, where they will face their United Rugby Championship sides and play four tests against the Springboks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/author\/ben-francis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/author\/ben-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Francis<\/a> is an Auckland-based reporter for the New Zealand Herald who covers breaking sports news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"However, Erasmus has seemingly shut the door on it \u2013 even if he\u2019s done it via an artificial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[3265,10964,64,63,9658,598,5349,3181,76019,221316,9674,221317,1685,16385,8844,2652,62304,99383,221315,760,13882,3203,85,2995,6483,3605],"class_list":["post-420205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-all","tag-assistant","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-blacks","tag-brown","tag-browns","tag-coach","tag-cryptic","tag-erasmus","tag-following","tag-linking","tag-media","tag-message","tag-move","tag-on","tag-posted","tag-posts","tag-rassie","tag-rugby","tag-social","tag-speculation","tag-sports","tag-springboks","tag-tony","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420205","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=420205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}