Proteas taking a leaf out of Rassie Erasmus’ Springboks playbook for West Indies T20 mission

The Proteas are emulating Rassie Erasmus and the Springboks during their T20 series against the West Indies, by exposing a plethora of young players to international cricket.

Erasmus’ succession plan over the last six years and has brought home back-to-back Rugby World Cup titles, as the coach on occasions sacrificed results for the bigger picture.

Just this past weekend in Perth he gave a number of rookies a start in the Rugby Championship match against the Wallabies and they came through with flying colours...