{
  "id": 5320275,
  "title": "Swys de Bruin quits Bok women’s team",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/swys-de-bruin-quits-bok-womens-team",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-03T11:57:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/sport/rugby/swys-de-bruin-sa-rugby-springbok-women-team/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Swys de Bruin, the head coach of the Springbok women's team, has announced his resignation just days before the team faces New Zealand's Black Ferns in the curtain-raiser to Saturday's third Test match. SA Rugby confirmed the decision on Thursday, announcing that Laurian Johannes-Haupt and Franzel September will serve as co-coaches for the upcoming match. De Bruin's departure comes amid a dispute over win bonuses; he felt entitled to compensation from the Bok women's team's recent tours to Kenya and Fiji, despite not participating in those tours himself. The coach, 66, led the national women's team to the World Cup quarter-finals in England last year, where they lost to the Black Ferns. De Bruin's coaching career includes guiding the Lions to the Super Rugby final in 2018, and he is now considered a strong candidate for the position of director of rugby at Paarl Boys High.",
  "summary": "The former Lions coach helped guide the Bok women's side to the World Cup quarter-finals in 2025.",
  "key_points": [
    "Swys de Bruin resigns as Bok women’s head coach",
    "Dispute over win bonuses fuels decision",
    "Laurian Johannes-Haupt and Franzel September appointed as co-coaches"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}