Assistant coach says director of rugby will be ‘running the water’Mzwandile Stick: ‘We’ll see the egos between the four lines’South Africa have confirmed their director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus, will continue to act as a water carrier on Saturday in the first Test against the
British &
Irish Lions, before dismissing Warren Gatland’s “mind games” following his claim that the tourists had already dented the Springboks’ egos.
Gatland drew attention to Erasmus’s role given it allows him to enter the pitch and pass messages directly to players – but the Springboks have insisted the 2019 World Cup-winning head coach is only carrying water.