‘Please feel free to block me’: Bok boss Rassie Erasmus defends tweets

Rassie Erasmus defended his latest rugby tweets, urging Twitter users to hit the block button should they not want to follow him.

At a rousing Springbok team announcement meeting on Tuesday, South Africa’s outspoken director of rugby, who was not scheduled to appear at the announcement, made a surprise showing alongside Bok head coach Jacques Nienaber.

He has been active on Twitter after the Boks suffered narrow defeats against Ireland and France. After the Boks' loss to France in Marseille, Erasmus fired off a series of tweets accompanied by videos highlighting refereeing incidents.

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