South African Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus will face an independent misconduct hearing following comments he made about the match official performance during the South Africa and British & Irish Lions test series.
The investigation comes after Erasmus posted a 60-minute video on social media “absolutely slamming” the first performance of the match officials in their 22-17 Lions loss.
SEN’s Israel Dagg, who as a former player was subject to criticism, views the situation as a "touchy subject”.
“So basically what I’m getting out of that is that we’re not allowed to slam the refs, which is quite a touchy subject,” Dagg said on SENZ Breakfast.
“We get criticised when we play rugby and we play a terrible game... and we just have to take it.
“So for a ref (referee), when they make a mistake, they need to be reviewed as well. They need to have people reviewing their performances, but in saying that I totally agree with the top… we need refs in the game.
“There has to be a middle ground, whatever that is … but it’s not a good look for the head coach coming out for an hour-long video and slamming them.
“Reality is we can’t take back that decision so what’s slagging them, what’s that going to do with that decision?
“So it’s a touchy subject because they need to be reviewed as well. As players if we play a bad game we get thrown under the bus, if we play a good game we get spoken about well.
“It’s a tough one.”
Erasmus will need to put the investigation to the back of his mind as he looks to lead the Springboks to a series win on Saturday, with the three-match series currently levelled at 1-1.
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