Long-serving DHL Stormers and DHL Western Province coach Allister Coetzee has chosen not to extend his contract at Western Province Rugby and will, instead, take up an opportunity abroad at the end of this year.
Coetzee, 51, will join Japanese club, Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers, having decided to put pen to paper this week.
"I have always said that I would make an announcement once I had made a decision about my future and my decision has now been made and communicated properly," said Coetzee on the official DHL Stormers website.
Under the guidance of Coetzee, who has been head coach of DHL WP since 2008 and the DHL Stormers since 2010, the DHL Stormers have become one of the most consistent Vodacom Super Rugby teams on the circuit.
Coetzee, 51, will join Japanese club, Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers, having decided to put pen to paper this week.
"I have always said that I would make an announcement once I had made a decision about my future and my decision has now been made and communicated properly," said Coetzee on the official DHL Stormers website.
Under the guidance of Coetzee, who has been head coach of DHL WP since 2008 and the DHL Stormers since 2010, the DHL Stormers have become one of the most consistent Vodacom Super Rugby teams on the circuit.
After losing an epic Super 14 Final to the Bulls in Soweto in 2010, Coetzee then coached the DHL Stormers to successive South African Conference titles in the extended Super 15 in 2011 and 2012, the latter tournament seeing the team also top the overall log - to date, the only South African team to achieve that feat.
At Absa Currie Cup level, meanwhile, DHL Western Province have won two titles under Coetzee's leadership - in 2012 and 2014 - having, in total, contested four finals in the past five seasons, with two of those finals being at home and in succession.
At Absa Currie Cup level, meanwhile, DHL Western Province have won two titles under Coetzee's leadership - in 2012 and 2014 - having, in total, contested four finals in the past five seasons, with two of those finals being at home and in succession.
By: Farai Diza
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