Eddie Jones in jibe at Rassie Erasmus over criticism of referees

Asked if Erasmus’ behaviour is intentionally contributing to South Africa’s siege mentality, Jones added: “Whenever you’ve won something, you need to find the motivation to do it again and maybe it is a clever way to find motivation.”

That said, he has largely kept his counsel since in comparison to Erasmus’ outbursts and those of Ronan O’Gara, one of the contenders to succeed him as England head coach, who has just been hit with a 10-match ban – a fourth separate suspension in the past year. The RFU is seeking to clampdown on the abuse of match officials at all levels amid a concerning rise in the number of incidents and Jones added: “Since [1998] I have accepted the fact we shouldn’t speak about referees. To me it’s simple. Play the game, the referee’s in charge, if he makes mistakes let’s accept it. If we want to have a contest game, referees are going to make mistakes. If we don’t let’s play basketball, let’s call it basketball. I’m not perfect.

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