Rassie reveals message to Bafana coach

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Rassie Erasmus says the Springboks understand exactly what Bafana Bafana are experiencing as they kick off their Fifa World Cup campaign.

Coach Hugo Broos’ South Africa and co-hosts Mexico meet in the tournament opener on Thursday (9pm SA time).

“We’re all excited,” Erasmus said. “We’ve built a relationship with Hugo Broos and we know the pressure they’re under because we’ve experienced similar things ourselves.”

Erasmus said he’d sent Broos a message that may not have got across.

“I tried to say, ‘You go, Hugo!’ but it didn’t come out the right way. I think he heard ‘Hugo Hugo’.

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“We really want to watch the game tonight and the boys are very excited about it. I think that excitement has spilled into the camp.

“We hope they do well.”

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