Rassie and the referee police.

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I am very interested in other peoples' opinion on rassie's continued Twitter war on officials. I personally think he's gone way over the top and and has sensationalised spurious claims of bias against SA. Perhaps someone should make videos to highlight when SA get the rub of green to counteract his myopic victim signalling. I used to respect rassie but alas no more.

What is scary is that many 'fans' are buying into this and are regularly spouting all sorts of nonsense. The rot has set in and we are no better than soccer if we don't nip it in the bud. Thankfully it does seem to have galvanized a resistance movement where one keen eye observer named rassie the 'trump' of rugby. Can't think of a better rebuttal than than that.

Shocking what happened to Barnes, having to read that about himself and his family. For me he’s the best ref in the world, not flawless but who is? I hope he stays around reffing for a good while longer.

The issue with coaches complaining about refs is that it creates a domino effect that leads to fans feeling they can treat Wayne Barnes and his family like they have.

Rassie should have learned that by now. He needs to be on a final warning before a very long ban. It's fine for coaches to ask for explanation or raise concerns in private, but they shouldn't be doing it in public, because it legitimises behaviour that I hope we would all see as totally unacceptable.