VIDEO: Rassie's subtle dig at officials in Marseille

SPOTLIGHT: South Africa’s Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus has released another video on social media that hints at some issues with the refereeing in his side’s clash against France.

England’s Wayne Barnes was the man with the whistle as France edged South Africa by 30-26 in a brutal and controversial rugby Test in Marseille.

The win means that France completed a clean sweep of the Southern Hemisphere giants in the past year.

However, that was not the main talking point after the game. It was the refereeing decisions.

A lot of Bok fans will feel that France’s try in the 74th minute should not have been allowed

Tighthead prop Sipili Faletea managed to squeeze his way over the tryline and before Thomas Ramos could take the conversion, Barnes wanted to check the try for a possible double movement.

But he strangely lost communication with his TMO and the try stood.

However, Erasmus preferred to look at two other incidents in the video that he posted in the early hours of Sunday morning.

One of those incidents involved Cheslin Kolbe getting an arm to the face in an attempted tackle on Ramos.

The other play that Erasmus highlighted was a Willie le Roux pass in the second half which was ruled to have gone forward.

Rassie accompanied his video on Twitter with a sarcastic message: “I know guys and accept it, we really only have ourselves to blame as the French were awesome both on the field [players] and off the field [supporters]!!

“We just have to fix these fundamental errors like tackle technique and simple passing.”

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

— Rassie Erasmus (@RassieRugby) November 12, 2022