Rassie Erasmus
| Born | Johan Erasmus 5 November 1972 Despatch, Cape Province, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johan "Rassie" Erasmus (born 5 November 1972) is a South African rugby union coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Springboks, the South Africa national team, currently in his second stint in the role. He led South Africa to win the Rugby World Cup in 2019 and 2023.
Erasmus played for the Free State, the Golden Lions, Cats and the Stormers. He won 36 caps for South Africa between 1997 and 2001, including playing at the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
As a coach, he has worked with Free State Cheetahs, Western Province and had spells as an adviser to the South Africa national team. He was also the director of rugby of Irish provincial side Munster, and previously served as general manager of high performance teams for the South African Rugby Union. He was the head coach of the South Africa national team from 2018 to the end of their 2019 World Cup campaign, doubling up on his duties as the first ever SARU Director of Rugby, to which he was appointed towards the end of 2017. He also won the 2019 World Rugby Coach of the Year award.