‘I’m satisfied’: Rassie Erasmus returned to World Rugby meetings after expulsion

Rassie Erasmuscurrent coach of the Springboksattended the meeting Shape of the Game of world rugbyfor the first time after being banned for criticizing the referees. He was accompanied by the CEO of SA Rugby, Rian Oberholzer; Boks assistant coach Felix Jones; and the national legal advisor, Jaco Peyper.

More than 200 sports leaders participated in the meeting to continue discussing its future, on and off the courts. Erasmus He was no stranger to these meetings and has always worked to improve the relationship with the game’s governing body, and made an appearance at this year’s summit as an observer. “I’m very glad I went”the coach of the South African national team told reporters in Cape Town. “I used to go all the time, but then I got banned and couldn’t go for the next two years. This is the first time I’ve been back since I got banned, and I’m glad I did.”he added.

And then he added: “Sometimes you disconnect from the rugby world if you only communicate through virtual calls, emails and following them on Instagram or whatever. “You want to see them face to face, and I think that’s what’s happened over these two days.”

On the side of Erasmus found positive feelings with this meeting. In fact, the coach stated: “It was a good week to meet face to face with the guys to talk through the discussions, and I’m pretty pleased that we’ve had our say and that World Rugby is making the decisions.”. But the other side of the coin is the look of Eddie Jonescurrent coach of Japan, who was critical of these matches and described them as “a waste of time”.

This meeting made it evident that, beyond the consensus sought world rugbythe debate on how the future of the sport continues continues to generate divided opinions among the main protagonists of international rugby.