{"id":9387,"date":"2026-02-24T17:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=9387"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:39:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:39:28","slug":"urc-cardiff-coach-van-zyl-holds-talks-with-benetton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=9387","title":{"rendered":"URC: Cardiff coach Van Zyl holds talks with Benetton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Cardiff coach Corniel van Zyl has confirmed he has held talks with Benetton about a return to Treviso &#8211; but stresses he would like to stay at the Arms Park.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The South African has been calling the shots for Cardiff in 2025-26 after Matt Sherratt left on the eve of the season for a job with Wales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">United Rugby Championship (URC) rivals Benetton are in the market for a new head coach for next season because Calum MacRae is leaving for family reasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is reported Van Zyl, who played for the Italians, has been interviewed for the top job along with former Springboks boss Jake White.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s probably not true that I have had an interview with them but I have had conversations with people at the club,&#8221; said Van Zyl, who is under contract for another season in his official Cardiff role as forwards coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not my decision to stay on in the future and ultimately you need to look after yourself and your family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I love Cardiff, I don&#8217;t want to move anywhere else at this moment in time so we will see what happens. Hopefully I will have more clarity soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff coach Corniel van Zyl has confirmed he has held talks with Benetton about a return to Treviso &#8211; but stresses he would like to stay at the Arms Park. The South African has been calling the shots for Cardiff in 2025-26 after Matt Sherratt left on the eve of the season for a job<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}