Connect with us

Columnists

Silence over Erasmus punishment is deafening | Shane Williams

Mixed messages from World Rugby have given the wrong impression of what rugby’s core values are, writes Shane Williams

I THOUGHT I’d missed World Rugby confirming their punishment for Rassie Erasmus after his rant at the officials during the British & Irish Lions series. When I realised the game’s governing body still hadn’t done anything official about it and in fact, I hadn’t missed any news, I was shocked.
Doing nothing sends out entirely the wrong message. It’s hugely disappointing.
I’m not calling on Erasmus to lose his job or anything as serious as that, but for the way he disrespected the game’s referees, he should be handed a long ban.
Instead, he was still able to continue with his water boy – s...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

SUBSCRIBE

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related Topics
Click to comment
 

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Rugby Newsletter
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

The Rugby Paper

Stadium Solutions

Arg v SA

Collinson Tensile

Taurus TapeLifting Giants

One Year To Go

Stadium Solutions

The best betting sites

Globusbet

£10 MINIMUM DEPOSIT CASINOSonline-casinos-nz-banner

Betzillion UKGGBet

free bets

More in Columnists