All Blacks coach fires back at Erasmus over referees

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen. Picture: GALLO IMAGES/LEE WARREN

Erasmus raised the temperature in the verbal sparring before their Rugby World Cup opener on Saturday, suggesting 50/50 decisions tend to go with the dominant side on the rankings.“It is obvious what they are trying to do‚” said the All Blacks coach. “While I’ve got great respect for Rassie, I can see he is trying to put pressure on the referee externally. They are under enough pressure already. They don’t need us coaches doing what he is doing.”“It doesn’t matter who the ref is.

He retained his midfield of Ryan Crotty and Anton Lienert-Brown that did duty against Tonga‚ while playmakers Richie Mo’unga and Beauden Barrett resume duties in the No 10 and No 15 jerseys respectively. “If you look at our group there is plenty consistency‚” the coach countered. “What I’m trying to tell you we’ve got complete faith in the 31 and we’ll pick 23 that we think will get this job done.

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