How Rassie Erasmus (over)ruled World Rugby in the second Test A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size If it had been a boxing contest, it would have been stopped to prevent further punishment. The triumph of the South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus was not only over the British and Irish Lions, but over World Rugby in the build-up to the second Test at Cape Town. There is no other governing body in professional sport which would have given Erasmus such license to criticise its officials and not issue immediate sanction.