Rassie Erasmus's use of 'her' in his post while referring to Ben Smith received criticism from European journalists.
South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has been accused of misogyny following a tweet he made this week.
On Thursday, the former Springbok head coach defended Cobus Reinach after the Montpellier player received death threats and hateful messages on his Instagram.Dupont criticises referee following France RWC defeat to Boks “This is obviously not true. Unfortunately these threats was made to Cobus Reinach!! Its not nice and upsets a mom and dad to see things like that said about their boy! But we are not gonna whine, we will just move on!!! Hulle weet nie wat ons weet nie,” Rassie tweeted.“Guys lets ignore her please! Block her and let her bask in peace!! Us Lions does not care about the opinion of a sheep,” Rassie posted before deleting the tweet.
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