Rassie Erasmus Would Only Consider Coaching Another Country if South African Rugby Fans Were Not Unhappy

• Rugby World Cup-winning coach Rassie Erasmus said that he'd only consider coaching another country if this didn't make South Africans unhappy
• He was speaking in an in-depth, no-holds-barred interview with the United Kingdom-based Daily Mail
• Erasmus did not hide his desire to one day coach England when current boss Eddie Jones parts ways with the Roses

South African Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus will only entertain the idea of coaching another country if South Africans don't frown upon it.

Erasmus, who led the Springboks to Rugby World Cup glory in Japan in 2019, was speaking during in an interview with the UK-based Daily Mail. Rugby conspiracy theorists could be forgiven for thinking that he was auditioning for coaching England once Eddie Jones parts with them, in the interview.

Erasmus said:

‘I don’t think the English people would ever want me there now. Maybe I am wrong. I hope I am wrong. Would I coach another country? If my own people were cool with it and the other country’s people were cool with it then why not?”

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“But if my own people are going to hate me for it, then I would never do it. I hate the fact that so many people hate me in rugby right now. I’m not a confrontational guy. I like to get on with people. South Africa has my heart but coaching England would be amazing because I think they can win. I would love to coach Ellis Genge."

“Any prop that looks the other prop in the eyes before a scrum, you know he’s a dog. You don’t want a prop that’s looking at his toes, scared. I want guys like Genge on my team.”

Erasmus said if South Africans accepted him doing another international job, as Nick Mallett did with Italy, he would consider it.

"If South Africans accepted me doing that, like when Nick Mallett went to coach Italy, then of course I would love it. If I felt like South Africans were not going to hate me on the street then I would consider it.

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“A couple of years ago, people would have said, “Go over there now, make a few pounds and be successful”. Things changed last year. Life is a bit different now.”

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