Rassie highlights ref blunders against Springboks... again

The South African Rugby director of Rugby, Rassie Erasmus took to Twitter to call attention to the inconsistencies in the Springbok’s 16-19 loss to Ireland on Saturday.

Erasmus has been no stranger to utilising social media to raise issues regarding officiating in World Rugby. In the allegedly leaked video, Rassie clears the air, where Erasmus criticised the officiating in the Springboks’ loss in the first test against the British & Irish Lions on July 2021, the Director said that formats of the media, like newspapers, are not too dissimilar to taking to social media to have your say.

“I think people must understand that social media is also media now,” said Erasmus just a few minutes into the hour-long breakdown of Nic Berry’s ineptitude.

That was in response t

Hosts favoured, the Boks relentlessly punished

Erasmus, in all his positive glory, tried his best to not come across as mean-spirited, or even bitter, in captioning his clip.

Tough test match, thanks for all the support from 🇿🇦, also thanks to the Ireland supporters at the Aviva, you definetly understand the game and its great to play in an atmosphere like yesterday ! Surely was a game of big battles,but small margins 👇🏿 pic.twitter.com/Jcjci2Jlvo

— Rassie Erasmus (@RassieRugby) November 6, 2022

In another video, posted on the TASanalytics YouTube channel, they highlight several more discrepancies.

The 28-year-old Georgian referee, Nika Amashukeli was so out of his depth on Saturday, the NSRI had to pick him up in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. If you watch the videos, included above, one can clearly see that Amashukel is not experienced enough to officiate a test involving nations in the top 5 of the World Rugby rankings.

Springboks also have themselves to blame

While Ireland scored a majority of their points on the back of poor officiating, the points South Africa dropped from the kicking tee would have been enough to break the ten-year losing streak at the Aviva Stadium.

A tough night France lay and wait

The Springboks’ tour in the Northern Hemisphere won’t get any easier. They are on their way to Marseille where they will start preparing for their next Test against France.

The South African A team will meanwhile stay in Ireland for a midweek battle. The team, coached by Mzwandle Stick, will play Munster on Thursday evening.