Rassie Erasmus' brilliant tweet to Wallabies boss Dave Rennie
Rugby NewsThursday, 25 November 2021 at 14:42
Rassie Erasmus has invited Dave Rennie to join him for a drink after the Wallabies boss criticised the match officials following his sides defeat against Wales.
It is now exactly a week since the governing body threw the book at the South Africa Director of Rugby for his video assassination of the refereeing of Nick Berry and his assistants in the first Test between the Springboks and the British and Irish Lions, sending out an emphatic warning that public criticism of referees will not be tolerated.
However, World Rugby’s silence in the wake of Rennie’s vehement criticism of the match officials after his team’s loss to Wales at the weekend is deafening.
And the Springbok boss clearly believes a ban should be incoming.
Here is the correct translation to English: "Coach Rennie, this one (drink) is very cold and it's waiting for you."
This came shortly before it was confirmed that South Africa rugby and Erasmus have both withdrawn their notices of appeal to the misconduct decision and sanction issued by the independent disciplinary committee on 11 November 2021.
In a statement, World Rugby said they: "welcome the public apology from SA Rugby and Rassie Erasmus to the match officials involved in the first test between South Africa and the British and Irish Lions this year and the matter is closed."
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5 of the biggest scandals in rugby history following Rassie Erasmus ban
1. KAMP STAALDRAAD
It was a military-style "boot camp" organized as a "team building" exercise for the South African national rugby union team, the Springboks (or Boks), during their preparation for the 2003 Rugby World Cup (RWC). Details of the camp emerged in the South African media, resulting in protest from the upper administrative levels of South African rugby.
- The team was ordered to climb into a foxhole naked and sing the national anthem while ice-cold water were being poured over their heads. During their time in the hole, recordings of (used as England's national anthem) and the New Zealand All Blacks haka were played at full volume.
- It was confirmed that firearms were present at the camp, although reports varied as to whether they were ever pointed at anyone.
- The players were forced to crawl naked across gravel.
- They also were ordered to spend a night in the bush, during which they were to kill and cook chickens, but not eat them.
2. HARLEQUINS - BLOODGATE
During the quarter-final of the 2009 Heineken Cup against Leinster, Harlequins wing Tom Williams came off the field with what turned out to be a faked blood injury in order to facilitate a tactical substitution for Nick Evans to re-enter the field having gone off earlier injured.
An investigation by the ERC and the RFU revealed that blood injuries had also been faked by Harlequins to enable tactical substitutions on four previous occasions. These findings resulted in a twelve-month ban for Williams (reduced to 4 months on appeal), a three-year ban for former director of rugby Dean Richards and a two-year ban for physiotherapist Steph Brennan as well as a £260,000 fine for the club.
3 THE PLAYER AND THE PRINCESS
Former England captain Will Carling did little for both his clean cut image and the name of rugby when he hit the headlines in mid- 1990s after allegedly having a romantic relationship with Princess Diana. Divorce between Carling and his wife Julia followed and it wasn’t long before the tabloids were dubbing the ex-Harlequins man a love rat.
4. BRUISER BRENNAN BELTS A FAN
In 2007 Toulouse's Irish forward Trevor Brennan overstepped the mark in a classic case of the red mist during a Heineken Cup clash with Ulster. After some reported chanting that his pub in Toulouse, De Danu was ‘a load of rubbish’ from a contingent of Ulster fans, the fiery forward took it upon himself to interrupt his warm-up and enter the stand, where he rained a series of punches down on one supporter. Brennan was banned for life and fined £17,000 for the assault.
5. DALLAGLIO'S DRUGS STING
In 1999 Lawrence Dallaglio resigned the England captaincy following newspaper allegations that he had taken and dealt hard drugs. Dallaglio categorically denied the claims made in the News of the World. Dallaglio added: “The circumstances in which the supposed admissions were obtained amounted to an elaborate set-up.”
But editor Phil Hall said: “We stand by our story. Lawrence Dallaglio is damned in his own words and frankly, we are amazed at his denial.”
The RFU dropped drugs charges against Dallaglio after ‘new evidence’ emerged during an open hearing chaired by a high court judge who decided not to ban him but instead imposed a fine of £15,000 for bringing the game into disrepute.
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