'You have made an utter fool of yourself'- Bok fans fire back at Townsend
By Rugby Onslaught

‘You have made an utter fool of yourself’- Bok fans fire back at Townsend

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend decided to add another tanker of fuel to an already burning fire this week by accusing Rassie Erasmus of “character assassination”.

This came after footage appeared of Erasmus at Murrayfield instructing South Africa fullback Willie le Roux to target a particular Scottish player with high balls during their clash on Saturday. Erasmus can clearly be seen from the touchline signalling that one player is not strong under the high ball, while serving as a water boy.

The South African has already been the centre of attention this week after receiving a ban from World Rugby for his infamous video during the British & Irish Lions series, and Townsend has only added insult to injury.

However, Bok fans have taken to social media in droves to fire back at the Scotland coach, saying it is Erasmus’ job to find weaknesses in the Scotland team. With South Africa set to take on England at Twickenham tomorrow, the Scot’s comments seem to have frayed relations even more.

This is what has been said:

Springbok team to face England in London:
15 – Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz) – 71 caps, 60 pts (12t)
14 – Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles) – 50 caps, 60 pts (12t)
13 – Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks) – 25 caps, 25 pts (5t)
12 – Damian de Allende (Munster) – 57 caps, 35 pts (7t)
11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks) – 24 caps, 95 pts (19t)
10 – Handré Pollard (Montpellier) – 59 caps, 586 pts (6t, 83c, 126p, 4d)
9 – Cobus Reinach (Montpellier) – 20 caps, 40pts (8t)
8 – Duane Vermeulen (Ulster) – 60 caps, 15 pts (3t)
7 – Kwagga Smith (Yamaha Júbilo) – 18 caps, 5 pts (1t)
6 – Siya Kolisi (captain, Cell C Sharks) – 62 caps, 30 pts (6t)
5 – Lood de Jager (Sale Sharks) – 55 caps, 25 pts (5t)
4 – Eben Etzebeth (Toulon) – 96 caps, 15 pts (3t)
3 – Trevor Nyakane (Vodacom Bulls) – 53 caps, 5pts (1t)
2 – Bongi Mbonambi (Cell C Sharks) – 47 caps, 45 pts (9t)
1 – Ox Nché (Cell C Sharks) – 8 caps, 0pts

Replacements:
16 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 45 caps, 50 pts (10t)
17 – Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers) – 58 caps, 5pts (1t)
18 – Vincent Koch (Saracens) – 30 caps, 0 pts
19 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 50 caps, 5pts (1t)
20 – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers) – 10 caps, 0 pts
21 – Herschel Jantjies (DHL Stormers) – 20 caps, 25 pts (5t)
22 – Elton Jantjies (NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes) – 43 caps, 323 pts (2t, 65c, 60p, 1d)
23 – Frans Steyn (Toyota Cheetahs) – 73 caps, 147pts (11t, 7c, 23p, 3d)

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