Nature calls.

Springboks head coach Rassie Erasmus has recalled a hilarious incident during South Africa’s Rugby Championship meeting with the All Blacks on Saturday.

South Africa claimed the Freedom Cup with an 18-12 victory over New Zealand in Cape Town but while the Boks were doing their business on the pitch – Rassie was struggling to do his off it.

Speaking after the game, the two-time Rugby World Cup winner ended up in a bit of an embarrassing situation when nature came calling…

“I don’t know if it is appropriate but our coaches box is up there [at the top of the stadium]. I’ve got this medication that makes me want to go to the toilet quite often,” Erasmus said.

“As I went into the coaches’ box, I thought, ‘Na, I’m not going to make this first half’, but the coaches’ box is right near the public area,” Erasmus recalls.

“There are toilets there, a man’s and a woman’s, and the man’s queue was long. There was a lady stood there and she said: ‘You can go in [the women’s].’

“There was a lady in the bathroom, who was dressed – everything was fine – and I said: ‘Listen, I must get back to the coaches box.’ She said she would turn around but then I got stage fright!”