{"id":339313,"date":"2025-12-28T13:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T13:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/339313\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T13:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T13:47:09","slug":"rassie-erasmus-loans-4-springbok-coaches-to-ailing-urc-outfit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/339313\/","title":{"rendered":"Rassie Erasmus loans 4 Springbok coaches to ailing URC outfit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>mens<\/p>\n<p>united-rugby-championship<\/p>\n<p>    South Africa assistant coaches Felix Jones, left, and Jerry Flannery before the Quilter Nations Series 2025 match between Ireland and South Africa at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. (Photo By Ramsey Cardy\/Sportsfile via Getty Images) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand\" src=\"https:\/\/eu-cdn.rugbypass.com\/images\/common-svg\/select-arrow.svg\" height=\"6\" width=\"11\"\/>      https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/news\/rassie-erasmus-loans-4-springbok-coaches-to-ailing-urc-outfit\/    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/south-africa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Africa<\/a> coaches Felix Jones, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/jerry-flannery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jerry Flannery<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/duane-vermeulen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duane Vermeulen<\/a> and Andy Edwards will provide short-term support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/bulls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bulls<\/a> following a request from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/united-rugby-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United Rugby Championship<\/a> outfit.<\/p>\n<p>Following a summer in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/johan-ackermann\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johan Ackermann<\/a> replaced Jake White at the helm at Loftus Versfeld, last season\u2019s runners-up are languishing in 10th place in the URC with just three wins from their opening seven matches, and back-to-back losses in the Investec Champions Cup.<\/p>\n<p>This is part of SA Rugby\u2019s practice of sharing national coaching resources when requested.<\/p>\n<p>SA Rugby emphasised that this is not a formal appointment for the coaches; rather, they will help remotely and in person on a limited basis.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant coaches Jones and Flannery, SA Rugby Mobi-Unit coach Vermeulen, and Head of Athletic Performance Edwards are fresh from an unbeaten Quilter Nations Series with the Springboks, and now have some downtime before their first match of 2026, which will come against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/england\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a> at Ellis Park on July 4.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/815.png.webp.webp\"\/> <\/p>\n<p> South Africa <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/811.png.webp.webp\"\/> <\/p>\n<p> New Zealand <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/live\/new-zealand-vs-south-africa\/?g=949459\/\" class=\"link-box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">   <\/p>\n<p>The Bulls, meanwhile, travel to Cape Town on January 3 to take on the high-flying Stormers, who are yet to lose a match this season in any competition, before turning their attention back to the Champions Cup, where they will face the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/bristol\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bristol<\/a> Bears and Pau.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe maintain regular engagement with our franchises, and when they request input in specific areas, we assist within the normal scope of our roles,\u201d said South Africa head coach Erasmus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand the importance of a strong, collaborative relationship between our provincial teams and the Springboks, as it ultimately benefits South African rugby as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SA Rugby CEO Rian Oberholzer added: \u201cOur approach has always been to work collaboratively with our franchises where possible. We want to see all our teams perform to the best of their ability, and we will continue to support them when they reach out for assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"mens united-rugby-championship South Africa assistant coaches Felix Jones, left, and Jerry Flannery before the Quilter Nations Series 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-339313","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}