Life After Rassie Erasmus: The Springboks' Future After 2027 Must Not Be A Case Of 'januworry'

South Africans tend to live their best lives in December. Thats Januarys worries is one of our favourite things to say around the braai when the kids remind us about that stationary list.

When we eventually take that list, were shocked that it has a page two. Now, it's panic stations, we have to go to the bank or an uncle or aunty to borrow money because a few tubes of pritt is now the same price as two six packs of beer.

Thats also how it used to be when it came to the Springboks succession planning before Rassie Erasmus took over in 2018. There was no succession planning for coaches or a long-term plan for players.

The period between 2007 and 2010 was the Springboks Dezemba, with a Rugby World Cup win in 2007 followed up by a British and Irish Lions triumph and a Tri-Nations win 2009. But after that Januworry lasted almost a decade.

Ageing Springbok teams failed to win the World Cup in 2011 and 2015, because succession planning had to take a backseat for immediate results.