One of South Africa’s largest bookmakers, Sportingbet, has suspended betting on the next Springbok coach.

Allister Coetzee was initially backed at 8/1 and has been constantly cut at 6/1, 5/1, 3/1 and lastly 9/4. After a flurry of bets in the last 48 hours, betting has been suspended. Sportingbet were the only bookmaker to offer a bet on the next Bok coach

While it is all speculation for now, the same thing happened in the UK when Eddie Jones took over from Stuart Lancaster last week.

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) will hold its general council meeting in the next two weeks where the future of Heyneke Meyer will be decided.