Bok scrumhalf Reinach threatened with death, says Erasmus

Springbok scrumhalf Cobus Reinach has been the target of a death threat following the team’s Rugby World Cup win against France in Paris last Sunday.

According to Springboks director of rugby Rassie Erasmus, the No 9 was called “Dirty son of a bitch” and threatened with murder when the returns to Montpellier, his club, after the World Cup.

The Boks beat France in a thrilling quarter-final match 29-28 to advance to the semi-finals where they will face England this weekend. Reinach, as he did in the last-eight match, will again be in the No 9 jersey.

See the social media post by Erasmus here:

A translated post published by Erasmus on X (Twitter) reads: “Dirty son of a bitch I hope that when you return to Montpellier you get murdered by French people on the ground gang of thieves easy to win a title by cheating.”

Erasmus writes, among other things in response, in his post: “Its not nice and upsets a mom and dad to see things like that said about their boy.”

The 33-year-old scrumhalf joined Montpellier in France in 2020 after previously playing for Northampton Saints in England, between 2017 and 2020. He has so far featured for Montpellier in over 60 matches.

Reinach also played for the Sharks in South Africa.

The Boks play England in the semi-finals at the World Cup on Saturday at 9pm. In the other semi-final, New Zealand and Argentina meet on Friday, at 9pm.

Meanwhile, in the same social media post, Erasmus refutes saying Ireland and France can still make it to the “finals”, by purchasing tickets to the matches, following their exits from the tournament last weekend.

“This is obviously not true,” says Erasmus.