On Saturday, Rassie Eramus made his first return to the worldwide matchday venue after serving out the ultimate portion of his World Rugby ban in relation to his notorious officiating video that was leaked throughout the 2021 British & Irish Lions collection.
In the top, Ireland beat the Springboks 19-16 (half-time 6-6) in a hard-fought Test match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday night.
Yet, sure refereeing choices had been as soon as once more hotly debated as the house staff actually appeared to get the rub of the inexperienced on some events, with questionable passes picked up by followers – however not the officials – within the lead-up to 2 Ireland tries.
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Soon after the match, Rassie posted a video on social media highlighting two related incidents which had been dealt with in a different way by referee Nika Amashukeli.
The first got here within the build-up to Ireland’s second strive, when it appeared that the ball was kicked out of a Springbok breakdown by an Irish participant, however the infringement wasn’t picked up on.
In the second incident, the ball is kicked out of an Ireland breakdown in related vogue, though this time the Springboks are penalised.
Taking to Twitter, Erasmus identified these “small margins” in what was a put up with clear subtext.
You can see the video posted by Rassie Erasmus under.
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“I’ll never blame the ref,” Springbok captain Siya Kolisi stated post-match. “Both tries were checked [by the TMO] and then there’s nothing else you can do. I thought he was fair and Ireland played very well.”
These sentiments had been echoed by coach Jacques Nienaber, who additionally stated the staff would proceed to work on enhancing their goal-kicking, which proved pricey on Saturday.
“We’re working on it. We and the players measure their goalkicking, so they know at what percentage they’re kicking at during the week. It’s tough, in some instances a miss is actually a kick that hits the posts. It is what it is. None of the goalkickers go out there to miss a goal.
“Johnny (Sexton) didn’t try to miss his first conversion, for example, but the key is he nailed the big ones and we didn’t. I’ll never blame a player for that. They must just keep working on it, which they are.”
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You can even take a look at this video under which offered an in depth and largely important view:
As a results of Saturday’s defeat, the Boks have slipped to fourth within the World Rugby rankings.
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SPRINGBOKS WILL NEXT FACE FRANCE
It was Ireland’s seventh win over the reigning world champion Springboks within the final 11 Tests relationship again to 2004.
It was a tough Test for South Africa’s goal-kickers with Damian Willemse enduring an off-night and Cheslin Kolbe faring little higher.
Ireland prolonged their lead atop the World Rugby standings by 0.60 factors, whereas the Springboks misplaced an equal variety of factors and dropped to fourth.
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The Springboks will subsequent be in motion towards France in Marseille subsequent Saturday, 12 November.
Kick-off is at 22:00 (SA time).
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