Rassie hits out at Twitter critics: 'Don't be a parasite. Lekka'

SA Rugby's director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus, has hit out at his critics after a series of tweets he posted made headlines. 

Erasmus has been vocal on Twitter over the past two weeks as he's used the platform to highlight officiating discrepancies against the Springboks.

It followed South Africa's narrow defeats to Ireland (19-16) in Dublin and France (30-26) in Marseille.

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After the Boks' latest demise to France, Erasmus launched a series of tweets accompanied by videos highlighting refereeing errors.

In his first tweet, Erasmus showed a replay of France fullback Thomas Ramos leading with his forearm to the head of Bok winger Cheslin Kolbe, which went unsanctioned.

The tweet also highlighted a debatable forward pass called against Willie le Roux late in the game. That decision by English referee Wayne Barnes put paid to any hopes of the Boks sneaking a late win.

I know guys and accept it, we really only have ourselves to blame as the French were awsome both on the field (players)and off the field (supporters)!! We just have to fix these fundamental errors like tackle technique and simple passing ????Sorry ???? we know ?? pic.twitter.com/hte6ggyXk9

Later, Erasmus added more tweets when he commented on the Deon Fourie yellow card and also France centre Gael Fickou running around a ruck to disrupt Bok replacement scrumhalf Cobus Reinach.

Deon copping a lot of flack for this yellow card, to be honest I also thought the Blue 16 detached and maul over, we just have to work harder and make sure we understand the rules correctly! Very costly ?? ! We deserve all the criticism!! Sorry ???? ?? pic.twitter.com/vyBTf5dUXO

This so clever by Fickou,