Rassie Erasmus is the man who will be tasked with rescuing the Springboks, according to Rapport's Rudolph Lake.
"It has been reliably learned that Erasmus will be appointed as South Africa under-20 coach in the next week or two and he will then also be used as strategic consultant and technical advisor of the struggling Springbok rugby team.
Erasmus will advise the Bok coaching team of Peter de Villiers, Dick Muir and Gary Gold when South Africa tour Britain and Ireland next month.
He will also be part of the Bok management team when the team defends its world crown in New Zealand next year.
Erasmus is currently director of coaching at Western Province and contracted to them until the end of 2012."