Namibia appoints all-local coaching team for 2027 Rugby World Cup qualifiers

WINDHOEK, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Namibia's Rugby Union (NRU) on Tuesday appointed an all-Namibian coaching team to lead the squad in the upcoming Rugby World Cup qualifiers campaign in 2025.

A notable appointment is that of Jacques Burger, a retired Namibian rugby union loose forward and former captain who was appointed Director of Rugby, replacing South Africa's Allister Coetzee.

The NRU, at a media brief an