{"id":40527,"date":"2022-11-22T17:01:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/boks-block-rassie-erasmus-social-media-question-at-press-conference"},"modified":"2022-11-22T17:23:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:23:01","slug":"boks-block-rassie-erasmus-social-media-question-at-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/boks-block-rassie-erasmus-social-media-question-at-press-conference","title":{"rendered":"Boks block Rassie Erasmus social media question at press conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>In London<\/p>\n<p>Springbok media manager Zeena Isaacs-van Tonder blocked an English journalist from asking Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber about SA Rugby director of rugby Rassie Erasmus on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The short but sharp exchange between Isaacs-Van Tonder and the journalist took place at the Boks&#8217; team announcement press conference at the Lensbury Resort on Tuesday, where Nienaber had initially and confidently answered previous questions about Erasmus&#8217;s involvement with the team and how they&#8217;ve dealt with it.<\/p>\n<p>Erasmus, who coached the Boks to the 2019 Rugby World Cup title before moving up to the position of director of rugby in 2020, was issued with a ban by World Rugby last week Thursday for tweeting about officiating inconsistencies in the losses against Italy and France earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Isaacs-Van Tonder had already mentioned during the press briefing that it wasn&#8217;t about Erasmus, but about the team announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you support your director of rugby putting videos up on social media to help people understand what\u2019s going on? 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