The Springboks welcomed Proteas head coach Shukri Conrad to their alignment camp in Cape Town on Thursday.

The Proteas management joined the morning sessions in a shadowing capacity as they prepare for the World Test Championship final against Australia in London.

Bok coach Rassie Erasmus was delighted to welcome Conrad and his key personnel to the camp, and said their presence served as a fine example of how South Africa’s national teams could learn from one another as they all strive for success on the international stage.

“Shukri and his team have a massive assignment coming up in the World Test Championship against Australia at Lords in a little under three weeks, and we hope that inviting him and his management team to our alignment camp will assist them as they put the final touches in place for the extravaganza against Australia next month,” said Erasmus.

“I firmly believe in having our national coaches working together and sharing ideas, as we all have the same goal in mind – to make the country proud – so we are thrilled that they took time out of their busy schedules to spend the day with us.

“Hopefully, we can see a lot more collaboration between all our national coaches in the future.”

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Conrad was equally excited about the opportunity to join the Springboks for the day and said: “It was very inspiring for us all, especially if you look at the history of the Springboks and what they achieved in the last two World Cups, which they won back-to-back. They are obviously doing a lot right, so we wanted to see what that is and also learn from one other.

“It’s great learning from the different sporting codes, so it was not just about learning from them, it was also a case of us sharing ideas, and that was always the intention when Rassie and I first started chatting.

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“It’s a week before we leave for what is our biggest final ever, I’d like to think, and sitting in, listening, and chatting to some of the players and the coaches, and going through the presentations they did and noticing the common threads that go across both platforms was fantastic,” Conrad added.

“The language is pretty much the same, and also the implementation of certain things, such as the fact that playing for the Springboks and Proteas has to be the biggest thing.”

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