Rassie Erasmus has insisted that his post-match thumbs-up jibe wasn’t directed at Irish fans after the Springboks’ 24-13 win in Dublin.
Saturday was the first time that South Africa have won at Aviva Stadium since 2012, and they came into their latest Autumn Nations Series fixture having beaten the Irish in just one of the four recent encounters that Erasmus has been involved in.
The Boks were beaten in Dublin in 2022 and again in Paris at the 2023 Rugby World Cup. They managed to strike back in Pretoria in 2024, but that winning feeling didn’t last as Ireland triumphed in
