South Africa's Director of Rugby, Rassie Erasmus, has outdone himself after his side's 30-26 loss to France last night, with a string of sarcastic Twitter videos criticising the officials and their decisions.
The rugby watching public have become accustomed to Rassie's videos, which he has continued even after his touchline ban following his lengthy post during the 2021 Lions Tour.
However, in his latest Twitter flurry he has dropped a remarkable five videos, as well as other tweets, which sarcastically take aim at the officiating from last night's match.
Both South Africa and France received red cards, but it was Barnes' reffing of the last ten minutes which came under the most scrutiny.
Questionable forward passes, a yellow card, and a winning try which involved double-movement, are just a selection of the calls which Rassie Erasmus took aim at.
While South African fans have a right to feel aggrieved, the conduct of Erasmus is wrong, as such matters should be dealt with behind closed doors.
Fans Growing Tired Of Rassie Erasmus And His Sarcastic Posts
Naturally, many rugby fans, including Springbok supporters, took to Twitter to criticise Rassie's behaviour and his captions and posts, which you can view below.
Learning!! Those long passes just have an optical illusion attached to it, we will work hard at it!!"
Just working through the game and all the lessons we can take from it, please if you are doing the same and see some learnings that can educate us and shows the opposite please share with us!! Will keep them coming so our understand where we are at !!"
This so clever by Fickou, the way he moves and presents himself on our side of the ruck has no influence on our speed of the ball from the ruck !! We can certainly learn from this !! Sorry"
I know guys and accept it, we really only have ourselves to blame as the French were awsome both on the field (players)and off the field (supporters)!! We just have to fix these fundamental errors like tackle technique and simple passing Sorry we know"
Learning!! Those long passes just have an optical illusion attached to it, we will work hard at it!! 🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/T76fdJk4y1
— Rassie Erasmus (@RassieRugby) November 13, 2022
Both the 🇫🇷 and 🇿🇦 9’s under immense pressure !! We just have to get that on side right!!Sorry 🇿🇦💔 pic.twitter.com/srzoaBjm89
— Rassie Erasmus (@RassieRugby) November 13, 2022
This so clever by Fickou, the way he moves and presents himself on our side of the ruck has no influence on our speed of the ball from the ruck !! We can certainly learn from this !! Sorry 🇿🇦💔 pic.twitter.com/nCisruylk4
— Rassie Erasmus (@RassieRugby) November 13, 2022
I know guys and accept it, we really only have ourselves to blame as the French were awsome both on the field (players)and off the field (supporters)!! We just have to fix these fundamental errors like tackle technique and simple passing 👇🏿Sorry 🇿🇦 we know 💔 pic.twitter.com/hte6ggyXk9
— Rassie Erasmus (@RassieRugby) November 12, 2022
Deon copping a lot of flack for this yellow card, to be honest I also thought the Blue 16 detached and maul over, we just have to work harder and make sure we understand the rules correctly! Very costly 🟨 ! We deserve all the criticism!! Sorry 🇿🇦 💔 pic.twitter.com/vyBTf5dUXO
— Rassie Erasmus (@RassieRugby) November 13, 2022
Take it or leave it...
Rassie Erasmus is doing the Boks no favors with his PR stunts and social media "entertainment"
"Adverse Effect"
In fact, I find a direct link between referee decisions in Springbok Test Matches and his actions.
Meer oor dit in die volgende episode...— 🏈 Johannes Dampies 🏈 (@DampiesJ) November 13, 2022
I object to these Rassie post-game videos not in principle (because every team engages in this type of double-speak nonsense) - I object to it because as a comms strategy it is hugely flawed and ineffective. Fundamentally it’s just not working. So pack it in.
— A-P (@rugby_ap) November 13, 2022
If you want to see the result of the poison that Rassie Erasmus’ video injected into the veins of rugby discourse, just take a look at rugby twitter now.
— Tim Percival (@TimPercival) November 12, 2022
Rassie Erasmus est un poison pour ce sport https://t.co/s2gNzbWwvY
— Raphael Ibanesse (@Raph_Ibanesse) November 12, 2022
At this point the international referees panel should refuse to officiate games involving South Africa until World Rugby takes action against Rassie Erasmus.
The pile-ons he has sparked from his weird cult members towards Nic Berry and now Wayne Barnes are simply unacceptable.— Cardiff Rugby Life (@CardiffRugbyWeb) November 13, 2022
SEE ALSO: Watch: Pieter-Steph Du Toit Receives Controversial Red Card In South Africa V France
