Ireland are expected to have slight insight into the inner workings of the Springbok environment, due to former head coach Jacques Nienaber now plying his trade with URC giants Leinster , where the bulk of the Irish squad come from, according to Bok coach Rassie Erasmus.
However, Erasmus doesnt believe that Nienaber would share any serious information about the team, while he also doesnt expect to receive any himself despite their previous close working relationship.
Nienaber and Erasmus worked together for many years, including at Munster in Ireland previously, and with the Boks during Erasmus first stint as head coach, and then when he became Director of Rugby, so both know each other incredibly well.
Irish insight into Boks and vice versaThey will definitely have a bit of insight (into how the Boks work). But Jacques phones me every night and tells me everything about Ireland. No, Im joking, said Erasmus with a laugh.
Rugby is a professional game and certainly he will implement things there (at Leinster) that worked for us here. Some of them you can clearly see, and are working, and some of them are not working because players, countries and cultures are different.
