The 'dangerous red card tackle' on Maro Itoje that didn't make it onto Erasmus' video

The South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has offered to step away from the Springboks management team in his latest unconventional, bias social media offering.

Erasmus posted an hour-long video discussing refereeing decisions from the first Test defeat to the British and Irish Lions, bemoaning the time it took World Rugby to provide feedback from Saturday's first Test officiating.

Uploaded on Vimeo from an account named 'JJ', the hour-long video features a series of 26 clips compiled by Erasmus pointing out possible foul play by the Lions.

Surprisingly, he left out the below clip...

The back rower’s exclusion from the Lions side for the first Test with South Africa came after a fragmented run-in to the series during which he played bits of games here and there, including a stint at openside after Justin Tipuric picked up an injury in the campaign opener against Japan. Despite all this, he could turn it all around with an impactful performance from the bench against the Springboks this weekend.

A player who has been hurt by the isolations due to Covid and injury since the Lions arrived in South Africa. Flashed a lot of his potential against the Sigma Lions, but will ultimately see this tour as another 'what could have been' moment in a career full of near misses.

All of the pre-tour hype following his record-breaking haul of tries during the 2020/21 Premiership season seem to have completed faded.

There have been flashes from Simmonds so far, but he seems to have little chance of featuring in the Test team with Jack Conan the standout Number 8 star.

Hopefully, this will still act as a kickstart to his international career with a recall from Eddie Jones hopefully coming this Autumn.