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Van Graan scoops up Saffa for Bath
Bath head coach Johann van Graan has acquired another seasoned South African player in preparation for his first season at the English Premiership club.
Bath head coach Johann van Graan has acquired another seasoned South African player in preparation for his first season at the English Premiership club.
Bath have announced that South African flank Chris Cloete will be joining the Premiership club from Munster for the 2022-23 season.
Rather than dwell on the defeat, coach Johann van Graan has accepted Munster’s loss to the Vodacom Bulls as “a good advert” for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
Munster coach Johann van Graan and lock Jean Kleyn believe the Irish side are facing a massive challenge ahead of Saturday’s clash with the Vodacom Bulls at Loftus Versfeld.
Munster coach Johann van Graan believes the four South African franchises will have a big say in the way the inaugural United Rugby Championship plays out over the coming weeks.
Bath have confirmed the appointment of Johann van Graan and JP Ferreira as head coach and defence coach respectively.
Johann van Graan has lauded the character his Munster side showed to snatch a last-gasp victory over Castres that sealed the province’s passage to the knockout stages of the Champions Cup.
Springbok great Victor Matfield has come out in defence of Munster coach Johann van Graan in the wake of widespread criticism against him in Irish rugby circles.
Johann van Graan has hit back at suggestions he is not committed to Munster and dismissed ill-advised recommendations that he should step down from his position as head coach prematurely.
Former Ireland scrumhalf Peter Stringer has torn into Johann van Graan, saying the South African is no longer sufficiently emotionally invested in Munster.