Rassie Erasmus sends another loaded tweet towards the All Blacks and Foster
Springboks Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus' active week on Twitter has continued after sharing a post seemingly aimed at the All Blacks and head coach Ian Foster.
Erasmus earlier shared his thoughts following Foster's disparaging comments around the ball-in-play time between South Africa and Ireland after New Zealand's 96-17 win over Italy.
There was roughly a two minute difference in ball-in-play time between the two fixtures which the Director pointed out in his first public response to Foster.
He was back for more on the eve of the All Blacks' clash with Uruguay, tweeting out statistics from the 1995 Rugby World Cup final played between the Springboks and All Blacks.
"Sorry MY bad here we go!!" he wrote in a veiled tweet.
"Interesting to see how and where the game has changed since the 1995 World Cup final."
The statistics shared show a ball-in-play time of 32 minutes which is nearly exactly the same as the All Blacks encounter with Italy last week.
By contrast the Springboks-Ireland pool match was roughly 30 minutes in total.
The busy week on Twitter comes as South Africa enjoy their bye week in the south of France ahead of the final round of pool stage clashes.
Erasmus has offered his thoughts on the Ireland-Scotland game and clapped back at media personality Ger Gilroy after suggesting that he preferred to be in South Africa's position rather than Ireland's.
He continued the mind games by following two accounts, the official accounts of Scotland Rugby and Ireland Rugby.
The Springboks players seem to be enjoying down time in Cassis where they have been sharing on social media time with family at the beach in the sun.
South Africa has to await the outcome of the clash to find out whether they will qualify for the quarter-finals with a pool exit still a possibility but extremely unlikely.
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Nick, if you start Uru then how do you balance that with the leadership that Wilson brings?
He seems to be the best captain we have had in a while, though still not quite the dominant player we need (though his sheer desire and workrate is applauded).
Does McReight have it in him to be thrown in as captain? Can Wilson be the '97 Jason Leonard role?
On the coaching, I hope plan B is to keep Joe involved in any capacity as attack coach and including on the selector couch.
I don't mind the idea of Larkham with Joe in his ear...jeez it would be good to see Brums make a final but he is also the one who coached Wright, Ikitau and Noah into their strongest super seasons after the disappointment of 2023.
Go to commentsLet me tell you something about Italian rugby…political, favoritism, unprofessional, the best don’t get to show themselves. Unqualified administrators put there because of their connections.
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