Let’s join in the fun, Heyneke Meyer’s touted as being a sure ting now for appointment as Springbok coach!

But there’s more, every Tom Dick & Harry is speculating who his support Staff will be.

Rugby365 has it as follows:

• Head Coach – Heyneke Meyer
• John McFarland: The English-born defence coach and former London Irish head coach helped Meyer and the Blue Bulls win four Currie Cup titles and become the first South African side to win three Super Rugby titles. Rated as “the best defensive coach in the world game” by his bosses in Pretoria, McFarland has spent 10 years working with the Bulls. He is set to work as a kicking coach at the Boks.
• Jacques Nienaber: The defence coach of the Stormers, who was responsible for making the Cape franchise the best defensive unit in the 2010 and 2011 seasons, joined up with the Boks at the World Cup last year – where the Boks’ defensive record was second best in the pool stages, conceding just two tries (one each against Wales and Samoa), and another in the quarterfinal loss to Australia. He will be in charge of defence.
• Rassie Erasmus: Regarded as one of the most astute analysts of the game, Erasmus resigned from his role as ‘Senior Professional Coach’ at Western Province/Stormers. Although he was also linked to Nick Mallet and the England job, he has since emerged as the leading candidate to be a full-time Technical Director/analyst on Meyer’s panel – similar to the role he played for both Jake White (2007) and Pieter De Villiers (2011) at the World Cup.
• Paul Treu: He made a seamless transition from being captain of the South African Sevens team the one season and coaching them the next! After a patchy start, Treu has developed into one of the best attacking masterminds in the abbreviated version of the game – taking the BlitzBokke to the IRB World Series crown in 2008/09. He has also managed to develop and nurture players through his Sevens structures. Treu’s visionary dedication has earned him a spot as the Bok backline coach.
• Basil Carzis: He was courted by Peter de Villiers ahead of last year’s World Cup, but the fitness and conditioning expert looks set to follow Meyer to the Test arena after being part of their three successful Super Rugby campaigns and also winning four Currie Cup titles with the Bulls.

That places the Bulls in a bit of strife, 3 members of their direst Super Rugby staff GONE!

The Stormers are hit with 2 direct spots, though Rassie Erasmus has already resigned, so they are somewhat prepared for his absense. Jacques Nienaber was also always going to be the Springbok Defense coach, he was already involved late last year with the Springboks.

The Blitzbokke will lose their Head Coach… and one wonders how much touch Paul Treu has lost with the 15-man game over the last few seasons.

The Cape Argust has it as follows:

They claim Alister Coetzee is Meyer’s first choice as assistant.

“Meyer is believed to have approached Coetzee…”

“Meyer’s progressive technical insight . . .  coupled with a knack for correctly identifying young talent . . . could be an elixir for a Bok team devoid of confidence or direction in the aftermath of De Villiers’s shambolic reign.”

That will put both the Bulls and Stormers in a pickle, won’t it!

They also clain that Gert Smal was never formally offered the job.

Cape Times has it as follows:

They claim Gert Smal was first choice, Heyneke Meyer second….  and Heyneke was only apponted when SARU could not agree terms with Gert Smal.

Time will reveal all, I suppose, but what I do know is that SARU will have to buy into Heyneke Meyer’s tenure totally, otherwise they’ll just sell him down the river, and I don’t think Heyneke is a man you want to sell down the river.

The next thing is for Meyer, if he’s appointed or for whomever is appointed as National Coach, to have the buy-in and full cooperation of South Africa’s 5 Super Rugby Franchises, seeing as Meyer will have the unenviable task of having only a week to prepare the Springboks at the Super Rugby June break and before the advent of the 1st England Test in June.

Whatever the situation, one has to look if the appointment will be a good and lasting one and whether Heyneke Meyer can achieve as much with the Springboks, as he’s done with teams like the SWD Eagles, The Blue Bulls, the Bulls and lately with Tukkies (last year).

Will we give him our full support?

You can bet your bottom dollar that I will! Go Bokke go!