Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber will just be happy to see the current world champions and defending Rugby Championship winners play some Tests this year. But he knows the odds will be stacked against South Africa if the Rugby Championship goes ahead in New Zealand later this year, because his team will be months behind the All Blacks in terms of preparation.
“Sanzaar is well advanced in option planning with New Zealand Rugby, which, in turn, is now seeking New Zealand government approval. It is hoped that details on the TRC will be announced in the near future.”Currently, Nienaber should ideally have overseen his first two Tests by this stage of the year. The first phase of the 2020 international season should almost be done, and TRC should be coming into focus as the main priority for the world champions.
“The last games our players were involved in was back in March, and there has been a lot of change in the world since then. “Obviously the situation is not ideal, purely because we had everything planned out for a four-year cycle in terms of our strategic goals,” Nienaber said. “Those goals will stay the same but the method of how we get there has to change. We will have to adapt on the run to reach those goals.
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