Browne: Rassie Erasmus told IRFU in March that he was leaving

IRFU chief executive Philip Browne has revealed Munster head coach Rassie Erasmus told the province he was leaving in March.

Under the terms of his contract with the province, the South Africa Rugby Union-bound coach had to give nine month’s notice to his employers.

Though speculation had surrounded Erasmus’s return home since the start of the year, the former Springbok categorically denied he was going anywhere when asked about the situation in the aftermath of April’s Champions Cup semi-final defeat to Saracens.