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Major coaching shake up announced for South African Rugby

BY Philip Bendon  ·  Thursday Aug 22, 2024

South African Rugby have today confirmed that former Springbok assistant coach Swys De Bruin has been unveiled as the Performance Coach for the Springbok women’s team.

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Speaking about his appointment the 64-year-old said, “It is great to be back with SA Rugby after being involved in with the Junior Springboks and Springboks in the past and I cannot wait to start their Rugby World Cup journey with the Springbok Women,” said De Bruin.

“This is also an opportunity for me to live my other passion, being a performance lead to other coaches, something I have been involved with in the last five years.”

Looking forward to the upcoming WVX 2 and Women’s World Cup competitions, De Bruin said, “We are playing five matches in the next two months, and we had to hit the ground running, so it is good that there are good foundations in place and there is no need to re-invent the wheel.

“I was impressed by what I heard from Franzel and Laurian in our first week together, while my relationship with Bafana started a long time ago at the Lions, where he won national titles at age group level and I know we will all work well together, as was clear after our first couple of days in camp.”

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