Vodacom Bulls coach Johan Ackermann values trusted lieutenants – from Swys de Bruin to Swys’ son Neil. Ackermann, who succeeded Jake White in mid-2025, brought Neil in as attack coach at the end of 2025 as part of a broader cultural and tactical reset at Loftus. “Neil is a copy and paste of Swys,” Ackermann said on the Megafoon Rugby podcast recently. “Swys always gave me energy, he’s innovative and thinks deeply about the game, and Neil is the …
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