I can't honestly say that I like that Rassie can't put more than 5 wins in a row but if I look at the challenges he had win AA nonsense and being limited in who he can pick. Not to mention a bunch of star players going abroad and having to rescue the Boks after the AA coach Alister Coetzee complete car crash of 2 years. Only having 18 months to prepare the team and then walking away with a world cup. It looks like Rassie is finally finding his groove and loving life right now.
His bok team is aging, but he is actively looking to build the team. How do you drop Pollard for a Rookie that barely played for the Stormers and now have played all of our test matches this season. Still not happy we lost to Ireland. I really would have loved to beat them 2 0 to shut the world up once and for all.
What I notice about Rassie is that he has been in SA rugby system for some time now. First helping snorre as bok analysis, but before that he helped the cheetah to a 2 currie cup wins back when the currie cup was still a competition. Then going to the Stormers and finally turning them into a winning team. He then gave the rains to Coetzee and Nienabet while he worked on the back ground setting up the your structures. Those very same players are the players that helped him win 2 world cups. Etzebeth, Kittshoff, Malherbe etc were all part of the U21 team that he built.
Some politics at WP forced him out and he worked with Sari.
The guy has always been embedded in SA rugby at all levels.
Will we ever find another coach like him