Rassie Erasmus

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Rassie 'whinging more than winning' (SARugbymag)

Rassie Erasmus taking shots at Nick Mallett in public detracts from a healthy debate about the state of South African rugby, according to MARK KEOHANE.

“His retort to Mallett was spoken as if he remains the Bok coach. “Equally, I found it educational because of what Erasmus had to say about all the respective national programmes he had put in place at SA Rugby. It comes across as whinging more than winning.” “What differentiates Mallett is that he is Nick Mallett. It detracts from it. “Defence is the first point of attack, and I felt Erasmus’ early morning Twitter rant in response to Mallett’s criticism of his role as director of rugby was one that was delivered very defensively.

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Rassie Erasmus first texted Nick Mallett – report (The South African)

Nick Mallett has refused to react to the comments directed at him by Rassie Erasmus, who reportedly first sought to send him a text message.

Erasmus was responding after Mallett appeared on the SuperSport show along with Swys de Bruin, Hanyani Shimange and host Owen Nkumane, and they discussed a range of subjects to do with South African rugby. I would suggest you hang close to that truth because currently you are far away from that truth and you’re missing the ball by quite a distance. But unfortunately my man, I will have to rectify you and send you some stats to get this [the truth] out there because you can’t talk this shit to the people.” Firstly, the Springboks are the most important thing and that is my first priority and I will do anything to make sure the Springboks win. But I would urge you to go and sit with all the EPD managers, who are running those programmes without any budget,” Rassie added in his rant to Mallett. “So Nick, I’m just gonna tell you straight, you don’t know that a rugby director is and what his job is.

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Rassie rips into Mallet on Twitter (News24)

SPORT. Nick Mallett woke up yesterday and saw that Rassie Erasmus had sent him a WhatsApp message at 3.32am. What exactly the director of rugby at SA Rugby ...

At 4.47am, Erasmus shared a voice message addressed to Mallett on his infamous Twitter handle. Nick Mallett woke up yesterday and saw that Rassie Erasmus had sent him a WhatsApp message at 3.32am. However, the answer was to be found on Twitter.

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LISTEN: Rassie Erasmus is back on Twitter — having a go at Nick ... (Citizen)

SA Rugby's director off rugby Rassie Erasmus returned to Twitter on Saturday to correct former Bok boss Nick Mallett.

“Nick, I am not going to fight with you in any way. [Springboks](https://www.citizen.co.za/tag/springboks/) are the most important thing. I would urge you to go and sit with Louis Koen and the EPD managers, who without any budget are running those programmes to make sure those players get better. “I struggled to sleep because I was really upset about your comments last week on the Final Whistle. “I do have a programme running called the ‘Fast Tracking of Elite Black Players’. “That’s part of the director of rugby’s job.

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Mallett fires up Rassie as national director of rugby (TimesLIVE)

Nick Mallett has added mongrel to SuperSport's 'Final Whistle' rugby analysis show. But this mongrel is not to be confused with malice.

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South Africa: Rassie Erasmus hits back at Nick Mallett over ... (planetrugby.com)

Springboks boss Rassie Erasmus has taken to Twitter again to slam ex-Bok coach Nick Mallett, who recently criticised him on a television programme.

“Nick, I am not going to fight with you in any way. I will do anything to make the Springboks win. “I do have a programme running called the ‘Fast Tracking of Elite Black Players’. “You talk about that I must get the referees right and stop tweeting. “It’s the things that you said without any substance behind it. “That’s part of the director of rugby’s job.

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Rassie Erasmus first texted Nick Mallett (NNN)

The former Springboks coach confirmed to Rapport that he had received a deleted message from Erasmus, but refused to comment any further on the story. “I ...

[ALSO](https://nnn.ng/tag/163059/) READ You can read the [original article](https://www.thesouthafrican.com/sport/rugby/springboks/rassie-erasmus-first-texted-nick-mallett-breaking-12-february-2023/) here. [host](https://solochel.com/) Owen Nkumane, and they discussed a range of subjects to do with South African rugby. [](https://nnn.ng/hausa/#=english and hausa) [](https://nnn.ng/i/#=website shortner) But unfortunately my man, I will have to rectify you and send you some stats to get this [the truth] out there because you can’t talk this shit to the people.” I would suggest you hang close to that truth because currently you are far away from that truth and you’re missing the ball by quite a distance. [EPD](https://nnn.ng/tag/epd/) systems from U15 where players learn it [running lines]. “Then when you start saying things like I must get the referees right and I must stop tweeting about the Springboks. “You say I must bring referees through [the development ranks]. Some learn it great, some not so great. “So Nick, I’m just gonna tell you straight, you don’t know that a rugby director is and what his job is. [URC](https://nnn.ng/tag/urc/)).

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Rassie Erasmus hits back at Nick Mallett over criticism (East Coast Radio)

He has hit the headlines again by laying into former Springbok coach Nick Mallett for comments made on SuperSport's 'Final Whistle' programme. Read more: ...

His job is to bring coaches through and bring referees through. It’s a very big job that he has got," Mallett said. Viral post suggests so...](https://www.ecr.co.za/shows/east-coast-breakfast/is-siya-kolisis-family-growing-bigger-as-news-swirls-of-viral-instagram-post/) [Erasmus](https://www.planetrugby.com/tag/Rassie-Erasmus/), indicating that it’s part of his job as the director of rugby. [Mallett](https://www.planetrugby.com/tag/Nick-Mallett/) was asked by Nkumane about the state of coaching in the country. [Etzebeth named SA Rugby Player of the Year for 2022](https://www.ecr.co.za/news/sport/etzebeth-named-sa-rugby-player-year-2022/)

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Rassie deleted 3:32 AM WhatsApp message to Nick Mallett - report (News24)

Before Rassie Erasmus' early morning Twitter rant aimed at Nick Mallett, the SA Rugby director of rugby first sent the former Springbok coach a WhatsApp ...

"Nick, I'm not going to fight with you in any way. "When you start saying things like, I must get the referees right and stop tweeting [about] the Springboks... "Obviously, you know me well. "No matter what it is, it's just the things that you said without any substance behind it. We've got a sponsor for that and we're proud of that programme." He also defended his incessant tweeting about the Springboks, especially regarding officiating.

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