Rassie Erasmus: 'If you come here to this club, you fall in love with the system'

Outgoing director of rugby Rassie Erasmus is confident Munster will be in safe hands when the IRFU finally appoints his successor at the province.

David Nucifora, the IRFU’s performance director, and Munster chief executive Garrett Fitzgerald are searching for a new director of rugby after Erasmus handed in his notice to quit in order to return to his native South Africa in a role at the SARU equivalent to Nucifora’s.

There is a December cut-off for the former Springbok’s exit along with defence coach and fellow South African Jacques Nienaber but Erasmus remains in the dark as to when he will actually depart. Yet while he remains in charge, yesterday beginning preparations for the visit of his old club and Guinness Pro14 newcomers the Cheetahs to Limerick on Saturday, Erasmus said he was certain his eventual successor would not conduct a complete overhaul of the foundation blocks he had put in place over the first 15 months of what should have been his three-year Munster contract.