South African denies he is behind ‘Jaco Johan’ on TwitterErasmus dismisses Sir Clive Woodward’s criticismRassie Erasmus has taken a swipe at the
British &
Irish Lions for compromising the “integrity of the game” by making their anger known at the appointment of the South African TMO Marius Jonker. In what appeared to be a thinly veiled return of
fire, Erasmus then insisted he would never draw attention to the fact that Warren Gatland and Saturday’s referee Ben O’Keeffe are both New Zealanders.
In a remarkable press conference, Erasmus also denied that he was behind the
Twitter account “Jaco Johan”, voiced his frustrations with World Rugby, again criticised Mako Vunipola for manhandling Cheslin Kolbe and delivered a withering putdown of Sir Clive Woodward. For, what at first felt like South Africa’s director of rugby facing the
music swiftly turned into the Rassie Erasmus Show.