The former Springboks loose forward released a bizarre, hour-long video taking aim at Berry and his assistants while also claiming that Springboks captain Siya Kolisi was being treated differently than Lions skipper Alun Wyn Jones.<\/p>\n
Watch the second Test between the British & Irish Lions and South Africa's Springboks live only on Stan Sport this Sunday, August 1 from 12.30AM AEST<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Erasmus acted as a 'waterboy' in the first Test in Cape Town.<\/p>\n RA issued a strong statement tonight, noting Erasmus' comments with "dismay and concern."<\/p>\n "Match officials form the very fabric of our game \u2013 simply, the game would not exist without them," RA chief executive Andy Marinos said.<\/p>\n "As a highly regarded and respected international referee appointed by World Rugby, the attack on Nic's integrity, character and reputation is unacceptable.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Lions edge out Springboks in gritty first Test<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Wallabies granted travel exemption to fly to NZ<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> 'Grateful' Cooper opens unlikely new chapter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "We have been in contact with World Rugby, under whose auspices this Test Series sit, and understand that they are actively reviewing this matter as some facts presented were not accurate.<\/p>\n "It is important to ensure public attacks of this nature are not tolerated. We will continue to provide support to Nic at this time, as both his physical and mental wellbeing remains a priority for us."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rugby Australia has blasted World Cup-winning coach Rassie Erasmus after his extraordinary criticism of Aussie referee Nic Berry. After some unusual commentary on social media […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108583"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108583"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108585,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108583\/revisions\/108585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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