Bok scrumhalf Cobus Reinach victim of death threat, says Rassie Erasmus

Springbok scrumhalf Cobus Reinach

• Springbok scrumhalf Cobus Reinach has received a death threat on social media, according to Springbok director of rugby Rassie Erasmus.
• The threat comes after South Africa beat host nation France 29-28 in a Rugby World Cup quarter-final last Saturday.
• The Springboks are preparing for their semi-final clash against England this weekend and named an unchanged team for that encounter.

According to a social media post from Springbok director of rugby Rassie Erasmus, scrumhalf Cobus Reinach, who started in the 29-28 Rugby World Cup quarter-final win over France on Saturday, has been the target of a death threat.

Erasmus took to X (formerly known as Twitter) on Thursday, where he included screenshots of the threat, which translated into English read: “Dirty son of a b****, I hope that when you return to Montpellier, you get murdered by French people on the ground. Gang of thieves, easy to win the title by cheating.”

The threat also included a picture of Cobus Reinach’s son, with Erasmus adding: “Unfortunately, these threats was [sic] made to Cobus Reinach!! It’s not nice and upsets a mom and dad to see things like that about their boy! But we are not gonna whine, we will just move on!! Hulle weet nie wat ons weet nie.” 

This is a developing story and News24 Sport has contacted SA Rugby for more details. 

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