Sport | ‘I was told I couldn’t sit there’: Rassie was asked to move from subs bench against Scotland

Rassie Erasmus holds up the light.

• SA Rugby director of rugby Rassie Erasmus sheepishly admitted to being asked to move from the substitutes bench during the South Africa/Scotland Rugby World Cup game in Marseille on 10 September.
• Erasmus opened up about the matter ahead of Sunday’s highly anticipated quarter-final between South Africa and France at the Stade de France.
• In 2021, World Rugby set limits on how many members of the coaching staff are allowed to be on the sidelines for matches.
• For more Rugby World Cup news, please visit News24’s Rugby World Cup zone.

Paris – SA Rugby director of rugby Rassie Erasmus admitted he was asked to leave the substitutes bench during the South Africa/Scotland game in Marseille on 10 September.

In responding to a question about whether they would be using their famed ‘disco lights’ communication system for Sunday’s heavily anticipated Rugby World Cup quarter-final against France, at what is expected to be a raucous Stade de France, Erasmus explained how he was gently asked not to sit with the substitutes.

Erasmus, between 2021 and 2022, ran afoul of World Rugby with how he pushed the letter of the law by being on the sidelines and his smart critique of match officials.

After Erasmus’s appearance on the sidelines during the 2021 British & Irish L