Habana defends Erasmus' Twitter activity
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Springbok great Bryan Habana has defended Rassie Erasmus' use of Twitter during the ongoing British & Irish Lions series.
In the aftermath of the Springboks' 22-17 defeat, Erasmus took to Twitter to highlight some of the issues from the officiating. While Gatland, before the game, criticised the fact that South African official Marius Jonker was appointed as the TMO for the series.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Habana questioned why Gatland was largely praised for his comments while Erasmus has been largely criticised .
"We're easy to judge in terms of things which are potentially uncommon to us as rugby fans," Habana said.
"Gatland has a big hoorah in the media about a South African TMO and everyone finds that OK. Rassie voices his opinion where he can voice it, which is social media, and he's got a few thousand on his lips.
"I don't think it’s a mental thing or mind games. Rassie is extremely astute in terms of his rugby knowledge and you don’t want it to get dragged out into the public and look like a raucous.
"But if Gatland can potentially moan about a TMO, and then Rassie moans about that, is it not subjective opinion?
"Rassie felt Twitter was his platform that he needed to voice something on, and when he did it last week it was seen as a joke, but all of a sudden he does it this week and it’s seen as cynical, which is difficult.
"I don’t mind it. I think it adds entertainment to the game. How he does it and how it's interpreted depends on what colour lenses you’re watching it from."
