Rassie Erasmus reportedly first messaged Nick Mallett before launching a Twitter attack on his fellow former Springbok coach on Saturday.
Mallett confirmed to Rapport that he had received a WhatsApp from Erasmus at 3:32am on Saturday morning, but he couldn’t see what had been written as Rassie deleted it by the time he woke up.
He declined to comment further on the matter.
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Erasmus took to Twitter hours later to blast Mallett – who the former played under when the Springboks won the Tri Nations in 1998 – for comments made in the latest episode of SuperSport’s panel show, Final Whistle.
When asked by host Owen Nkumane about the state of coaching in South Africa, Mallett levelled criticism at Erasmus, suggesting SA Rugby’s director of rugby was not doing his job.
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