After France’s victory, a South African star receives death threats prior to their Rugby World Cup match against England.
Rassie Erasmus told of death threats sent to Cobus Reinach
Following his team’s victory over France, scrum-half Cobus Reinach received some disgusting threats. South Africa’s director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus, has spoken out about them.
South Africa defeated France by a single point last Sunday in Paris, 29–28, to secure a World Cup semifinal berth.
But after the victory, Erasmus disclosed that Reinach, a player for Montpellier in France, had received several threats.
The text, which was scribbled in French, said, “Dirty son of a b****.” I hope you are killed by local French people when you travel back to Montpellier.
“Gang of thieves – easy to win a title by cheating.”
The caption for the photo of Reinach’s son that appeared after this message said, “Go and die.”
While it makes sense that Erasmus thought it was critical to point out the threats, he insisted that his squad move on.
Regretfully, Cobus Reinach was the target of these threats. “Seeing things like that said about their boy is not nice and it upsets a mom and dad,” he stated.
However, we won’t complain; instead, we’ll just go on.
Ben O’Keeffe, who officiated the Springboks’ victory over France, will officiate the match between South Africa and England on Saturday.
Erasmus said that Steve Borthwick, the England coach, will be pleased with the choice.
“I suppose it’s a bit of an unknown, either positive or negative,” he remarked.
“The squad that complies with the law and, ideally, avoids rugby mishaps that result in cards—though I believe Ben has excelled in that area—will benefit the most.
“I believe Borthwick will be just as happy (as us) if he officiates the game in that manner once more.”
As the Springboks defeated the hosts to go to the Rugby World Cup semi-finals, where they will take on England on Saturday, the playmaker got his start at scrum-half.
They won by a slim margin of 29-28 thanks in large part to Reinach, who set up the first two tries.