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It’s official: Coetzee stays as Bok coach

Published on February 27, 2017 | Leave a response

SA Rugby has confirmed that Allister Coetzee has been retained as Springbok coach, while Franco Smith will officially join the management team as backs and attack coach.

The Executive Council of SA Rugby reaffirmed its support for Coetzee on Monday, while announcing that a 'major new defensive coach' (expected to be Brendan Venter) will be confirmed once contractual details are finalised.

SA Rugby also announced that Bok assistant Mzwandile Stick will be redeployed to take up a role as backline coach with the Junior Springboks, alongside newly appointed head coach Chean Roux.

'Our coaching review was focused on the Springboks and we identified two areas to give Allister Coetzee additional support at the head of our most prized national asset,' SA Rugby president Mark Alexander said.

'Franco Smith will continue the work he began with the backs and attack at the end of last year, while we are very excited about the new defensive coach we have identified to address matters raised during the review. We expect to be able to confirm that appointment shortly.

'I would like to apologise to our supporters for the delay in this announcement, but assure them that it was necessitated not by a lack of clarity of intent, but by the need to first resolve all contractual issues. The outcomes we now have were agreed with Allister some weeks ago.'

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Smith will continue as head coach of the Cheetahs in Super Rugby (in 2017, 2018 and 2019), but is otherwise set to be fully engaged on Springbok duty.

'Last year was an incredibly tough one for the Springboks and all of the rugby community suffered,' Alexander said. 'We weighed many factors in the review process, but we believe that these changes will strengthen the Springbok management hand.

'The new alignment at both a coaching and conditioning level with the franchises will also provide critical support for the national team. That process continued recently with our third coaches’ indaba and another is already scheduled for later in Super Rugby when the coaches will come together for a third time to discuss our on-field approach. The conditioning coaches are also reconvening on the same day.

'I’d like to thank and commend all the Super Rugby coaches once again for buying in to what we want to do and for putting Springbok needs at the forefront of their thinking.'

Meanwhile, Johan Ackermann will continue as coach of the SA A team for the two-match tour of a French Barbarians team in June. Chean Roux, who won the Varsity Cup three times as coach of Maties, has been appointed as head coach of the Junior Springbok team after a four-year stint with the Springboks.

Roux will be assisted by Stick, who will take up the role as backline coach. Stick was also earmarked to become assistant coach of the Springbok Sevens team, but he has requested to remain in 15-a-side coaching and given further opportunities in that format.

At SA Schools level, Lance Sendin (SA Schools) and Sean Erasmus (SA Schools A) continue as head coaches, while Renfred Dazel (Springbok Women’s Sevens), Paul Delport and Marius Schoeman (SA Rugby Sevens Academy) will continue in their current roles.

SA Rugby National team coaching and management staffs:

Springboks
Head Coach: Allister Coetzee. Assistant Coaches: Johann van Graan, Matthew Proudfoot, Franco Smith. Team Manager: Ian Schwartz. Conditioning Coach: Warren Adams. Team Doctors: Jerome Mampane and Konrad von Hagen. Physiotherapists: Vivian Verwant and Tanu Pillay. PR Manager: Annelee Murray. Logistics Manager: JJ Fredericks. Media Manager: Rayaan Adriaanse. Defence coach: TBC

Springbok Sevens
Head Coach: Neil Powell. Team Manager: Ashley Evert. Team Doctor: Leigh Gordon. Physiotherapist: Hugh Everson. Conditioning Coach: Allan Temple-Jones.

South Africa A
Head Coach: Johan Ackermann. Assistant Coaches: Abe Davids, Chumani Booi. Team Manager: Willem Oliphant. Team Doctor: TBC. Physiotherapist: Basheer Mohamed. Conditioning Coach: Andre Smith.

Junior Springboks
Head Coach: Chean Roux. Assistant Coach: Mzwandile Stick. Team Doctor: Jerome Mampane. Physiotherapist: Karabo Morokane. Technical Analyst: Hayden Groepes.

Sevens Academy
Head coach: Paul Delport. Academy Manager: Marius Schoeman.

Springbok Women’s Sevens
Head Coach: Renfred Dazel. Physiotherapist: Reagan Cele. Conditioning Coach: Johno Meintjies. Logistics Manager: Michele English.

SA Schools
Head Coach: Lance Sendin. Assistant Coach: Ruan Bezuidenhout. Team Manager: Relton Hermanus. Team Doctor: Gerhard Coetzer. Physiotherapist: Kim Naidoo. Conditioning Coach: Andre Smith.

SA Schools A
Head Coach: Sean Erasmus. Assistant Coach: Mzwakhe Nkosi. Team Manager: Ofentse Moeng. Team Doctor: Gerhard Coetzer. Physiotherapist: Wernick Smit. Conditioning Coach: Ghafoer Luckan.

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