{"id":293642,"date":"2023-10-19T19:42:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=293642"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:42:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:42:09","slug":"south-africa-star-reinach-sent-sickening-death-threats-before-england-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/rugby-league\/south-africa-star-reinach-sent-sickening-death-threats-before-england-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa star Reinach sent sickening death threats before England showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earl and England look ahead to Rugby World Cup semi-final<\/h3>\n

South Africa scrum-half Cobus Reinach was sent vile messages after helping his nation beat France in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals. The 33-year-old has also been named in the starting line-up set to battle England on Saturday evening for a spot in the final.<\/p>\n

Emotions ran high after the Springboks’ hard-fought 29-28 win over France. Many felt that the host nation were deserving of the victory, and team captain Antoine Dupont made a point to complain about the refereeing after the final whistle.<\/p>\n

South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has revealed just how badly some France fans took the result by posting a screenshot of a sickening death threat sent to Reinach.<\/p>\n

Written in French, the X-rated message translates to: “Dirty son of a b****. I hope that when you return to [your club side] Montpellier, you get murdered by French people on the ground.<\/p>\n

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“Gang of thieves – easy to win a title by cheating.” The perpetrator continued by sending a picture of Reinach’s young son with the message: “Go and die.”<\/p>\n

Alongside the screenshots, Erasmus wrote: “Unfortunately these threats were made to Cobus Reinach!! It’s not nice and [it] upsets a mom and dad to see things like that said about their boy! But we are not gonna whine, we will just move on!!!”<\/p>\n