Twelve months after being suspended for his public criticism of refereeing decisions against the Springboks, South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus is up to his old tricks again.
Following back-to-back losses against Ireland and France, Erasmus has once more used Twitter as a platform to illustrate grievances with the officials in both fixtures. Warren Gatland led the British and Irish Lions on a tour of South Africa when Erasmus first earned the ire of many fans for airing his gripes online last year, and the Kiwi is disappointed to witness a repeat of the trend this autumn.
"We don't see other directors of rugby or head coaches doing the same thing. I think it's a little bit disappointing," the former Wales boss wrote for The Telegraph having taken in Scotland 's narrow defeat to New Zealand on Sunday. "I thought there were a couple of tough calls against Scotland, including one with Jamie Ritchie close to the line that was a scrum penalty against Scotland towards the end of the game where I couldn't really see an infringement. But, we don't see Gregor Townsend putting out videos like that afterwards.
