{"id":507015,"date":"2026-04-01T11:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507015\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:53:13","slug":"rassie-quits-boks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507015\/","title":{"rendered":"Rassie quits Boks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rassie Erasmus has signed a multi-year deal to replace Steve Borthwick as England head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Erasmus \u2013 who led the Springboks to World Cup glory in 2019 and 2023 \u2013 recently extended his contract through to the 2031 World Cup in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>However, he will now not even attempt to win an unprecedented hat-trick of global titles in Australia next year after receiving an offer he \u201ccould not refuse\u201d from England\u2019s RFU.<\/p>\n<p>Borthwick oversaw England\u2019s worst-ever Six Nations campaign, with four defeats in five matches, including a first loss to Italy. The RFU believes Erasmus can engineer a turnaround similar to the one he masterminded with the Springboks after taking charge in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Personal reasons are also believed to have played a role, with Rassie\u2019s beloved bulldog, Frank, keen to return to his roots in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>Erasmus is set to formally resign from SA Rugby on April Fool\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-260310 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rassie-bulldog-Frank-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: David Rogers\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rassie Erasmus has signed a multi-year deal to replace Steve Borthwick as England head coach. Erasmus \u2013 who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-507015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507015","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=507015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}