Jan de Koning has compiled the most comprehensive statistical account of the Erasmus era yet published — 100 Tests, from that first loss to Wales in Washington in 2018 through to the Baltimore win over the All Blacks in September 2026. The numbers are striking on their own: 74 wins, a 74% overall win rate, and 77% as head coach. But the piece goes further than headline figures. It breaks down performance by role (head coach vs Director of Rugby), tracks the year-by-year win percentages — 84.6% in 2024, 85.7% in 2025, 87.5% so far in 2026 — and contextualises them against every other significant Springbok coaching tenure. At the same milestone of 54 Tests, Erasmus's 75.93% win rate outstrips Jake White (66.67%), Nick Mallett (71.05%), and Nienaber (69.23%). The piece also carefully attributes the Nienaber-era trophies — the 2021 Lions series and 2023 World Cup — to the Erasmus/Nienaber partnership rather than Rassie alone, which gives the analysis more credibility than a hagiography would. The full trophy haul across the era runs to 24 title/series achievements, including two World Cups, three Rugby Championships, and a Lions series.
What makes the piece worth reading in full is the additional statistical texture: 2025's 81 tries in 14 Tests matching the 2007 seasonal record but in three fewer matches; four consecutive wins over the All Blacks in 2023–24 (the first such run since 1949); New Zealand held tryless in Cape Town in 2024 for the first time since 2011; and the 43–10 Wellington win in 2025 standing as the Boks' biggest-ever victory over the All Blacks on New Zealand soil. The contract extension through 2031 and the National Order of Ikhamanga in Gold round out a piece that functions as the definitive ledger of where Erasmus stands — not just in Springbok coaching history, but in the global game.