Rassie Erasmus explains his team selection for Portugal | Springboks Team Announcement Presser

Comments from South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus after the announcement of their team to play Portugal on Saturday, 20 July 2024 at Bloemfontein, South Africa.
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[@jessearries5113]

Never has a Springbok team been so transparent & inclusive of the supporters & media. 🔥🇿🇦 Thanks Rassie 👍

[@ryansnyman1984]

Thanks for the coverage guys this is wonderful.

[@MarcellePotberg]

I am glad that thee other players had a chance to play

[@myshepspud1]

A good attitude seeming astute young man Phepsi.

[@janhbhugo5085]

Holly just blew the Canada vs Romania in Ottawa ! She is good and knows her rugby ! Respect her boys she has earned it !

[@AndreaSmit-nm7xv]

Rassie is brilliant

[@ebrahiemdaniels6491]

Old bunch must make way for new younger Springboks who have desire to play. Current bunch of Springboks have nothing to prove anymore

[@user-qe1tv1bu2f]

People with low I.Q. think this way.

[@kwedini1181]

Do you know why Wales is dropping... They did exactly what you are saying... Younger players need to learn from experienced players that is just the nature of doing things... Why would you throw new blood in the deep end and hope they will float back to the shoreline... IT makes no sense... Allow Rassie to do what he sees right

[@ebrahiemdaniels6491]

@@kwedini1181 It's all about building and developing a new squad for next World Cup. Hmm

[@saiyandemonisher]

Rassie looks very tired

[@user-qe1tv1bu2f]

Nah, just recovering from shame and loss of face. Perhaps he should concentrate on his team and not naming other sides. Of course there's that little issue of 6 bottles of mother's milk too.

[@mitakon21]

You guys are rediculous, he looks and sounds great. A loss by a one point drop in the 80th minute is not a major issue, just unfortunate & disappointing. The light is shining in his eyes, the glare is affecting and aggravating him. May have a slight cold as well. Grow up.

[@saiyandemonisher]

@@user-qe1tv1bu2f Have a bit of respect plz he has absolutely nothing to be ashamed of

[@nevillepieterse9983]

Boys let him down against IRish, probably still pissed off lol

[@saiyandemonisher]

@@mitakon21 Dude chill I meant no disrespect at all he just looked tired is all I said which is understandable granted the amount of work they do before test matches

[@leondupreez1123]

Picking Jan Hendrik Wessels ahead of Wilco Louw must be a long term decision.

[@Rabinfunk]

Loosehead vs tightheaded???

[@leondupreez1123]

@@Rabinfunk apparently he can play both.Loosehead on Saturday.

[@paulw5788]

They blindsided your game with the semicircular block to your up and under game. They neutralised your traditional advantage. All the teams starting to use that defence.

[@TheForte87]

Senior Piele 😂

[@user-qe1tv1bu2f]

Funny how junior piele just moered bokkies piele in sy kak in ne!!!

[@myshepspud1]

Oh shucks that's Phepsi. I heard he was good but I honestly thought that was a backline player....

[@nepiahemopo1702]

The Emperor has no clothes.

[@patrickbrennan911]

Will he pick ten Portugal team too? 😂😂

[@jeanm27]

Is Rassie OK?

[@mfp4136]

Reckon he needs a break.

[@sherahnhendricks6407]

Not sure what the obsession with Jan Hendrik Wessels is, I don't see anything special but then again I guess Rassie would know way more than me 🤷

[@hendrikbekker9675]

Then u havent been watching him play

[@danielcillie1856]

More people should echo that last line. "Rassie would know way more than me." In Rassie we trust.

[@adrianm6339]

Chokers!!!

[@msg1711]

Sorry, can’t take anyone sitting on a horse seriously. 🙄

[@mfp4136]

@@msg1711- unless of course he can dismount and hit a white cross dead center from 400m

[@benpiek4428]

🤡🤡

[@AndreaSmit-nm7xv]

I do feel though that the older bunch is making way too much money especially with sponsors ect, where they get to a a point to feeling 'I don't need to give my best', making way for the younger bunch is also strategic for 2027.

[@ThePaPaRaZZiSA]

Senior Piele hahahahaha

[@patrickbrennan911]

3:03 Ireland are still influencing your mindset and your selection. “In your head” 😂

[@ryanpp3696]

Huh. You guys are like Belgium in football. Good when it doesn't matter. Congrats on your drawn series. Enjoy the parade back home

[@patrickbrennan911]

@@ryanpp3696 🤣 Does it feel like a draw though?

[@ryanpp3696]

@@patrickbrennan911 yes unless you Irish 😂

[@ryanpp3696]

@@patrickbrennan911 well done on another quarter final trophy 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mickeymouse-xr9gy]

Moerat? Come on man. Enough with the politics. Pick on merit and form. Enough with the political BS in selection. Plenty of locks that are better. The same goes for a few other selections.

[@subbie5498]

like who?

[@hendrikbekker9675]

Agree Moerat not a Bok lock. At best replacement for a URC team. Ive never seen him ever perform above average. Definitely a weak link

[@mickeymouse-xr9gy]

@@subbie5498 locks:Ruben van Heerden, Jason Jenkins, Ruan Nortje, JD Schickerling

[@subbie5498]

@@mickeymouse-xr9gy all those guys are 5s and shickerling has fell out of favour jenkins and nortje are meh and van heerden is more of a loose lock

[@JackN13_]

@@mickeymouse-xr9gy JD who?? lol

[@JackN13_]

i know rassie is pissed by the stupid amatuerish last 2 minutes against a lucky ireland, they blew a series win

[@R-ec9bn]

Absolutely delusional 😂😂

[@TauCeti973]

@@R-ec9bn Arrogant and it tells a bit in Rassie too, he said himself : "After the 2nd win against Ireland which we didn't get". Rassie used to coach my team Munster, but he has gotten way ahead of himself. I'm sure that winning 2 WC on the bounce might do that to anyone, but many of the Bokke 'fans' and maybe even Rassie seem to feel entitled to winning and cannot fathom just how IRL beat them. Might it just be that for all of Rassie's antics, he's just not as smart as he thinks he is.

[@mfp4136]

@@TauCeti973- you speak so much shite i can smell your breath from here 🇦🇺

[@spicy4208]

​​@@TauCeti973You need to relax, the Irish have an awesome team and nobody is denying that. The bokke has a brilliant team, two world cups prove that. Hate as much as you want. We hope to face Ireland again, preferably in a world cup and hopefully not choke like we did last weekend. Although that shouldn't take away from Ireland's awesome performance. Better team of the day, now go drink your meds and chill

[@JP_ForeverSports]

Injuries: Mostert, PSDT and Edwill Van Der Merwe out for 6 weeks. Moodie back next week. Marx out for a while. Kolbe out for a couple weeks

[@user-qe1tv1bu2f]

Aag shame all these bokkies got broken by Ireland. Ja boet, jy will mos.

[@kobuslouw9533]

@@user-qe1tv1bu2f Guess that makes it 1 for 1. Ireland also battered up after that first match.

[@brettfleiner4906]

@@user-qe1tv1bu2f Well Marx was taken out by straight up dirty play so