Matt Williams says that Rassie Erasmus \u2018bullied\u2019 him with his X post showing the former\u2019s win rate during his time as Scotland coach.<\/b><\/p>\n
The outspoken pundit has repeatedly criticised the Springboks\u2019 and Erasmus\u2019 tactics, particularly his \u2018Bomb Squad\u2019 ploy, which sees him load the bench up with forwards.<\/p>\n
Williams<\/a> has dubbed it as against the spirit of the game and says it discriminates against backs.<\/p>\n Williams and Erasmus feud<\/p>\n Earlier this month, the former Scotland head coach hit out at the tactics the Springboks and Lions deployed during the 2021 Test series.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s go back to South Africa<\/a>, the South African tour was one of the worst tours ever, the worst games of international rugby I think I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d he told\u00a0Off the Ball.<\/p>\n \u201cThe way that both management teams conducted themselves was disgraceful.<\/p>\n \u201cRassie<\/a> was running on the field as a water carrier. There was a leaked video criticising referees, ringing people up, and the style of rugby was an abomination.<\/p>\n \u201cAll they did was kick across the field and chase it. It was, it was not played in a good spirit.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was aggressive, I have no problem with it being aggressive but it wasn\u2019t played in the spirit of rugby.\u201d<\/p>\n Matt Williams: B&I Lions restored \u2018absolutely tarnished\u2019 image after \u2018disgraceful\u2019 Springboks series<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Erasmus responded on the social media platform X, posting a screenshot of the Australian\u2019s win record as Scottish head coach.<\/p>\n \u201cMatt Williams, the rugby union coach, had a 17.65% win percentage during his tenure coaching Scotland. He coached the team in 17 matches, winning only 3 of them. Two of those wins were against Tier 2 nations, Japan and Samoa, according to Wikipedia,\u201d the text in the image read.<\/p>\n Erasmus\u2019 caption on the post read: \u201cHeal Sir Matt.\u201d<\/p>\n Williams responded, writing: \u201cHi Rassie, playing the man and not the ball again? Always the sign of weak argument.\u201d<\/p>\n