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"It's actually why I’m at the press conference. I was feeling sorry for Jacques [Nienaber] because I knew he would probably get that question. I’m actually not Jaco Johan, I’m Rassie Erasmus. "I follow Jaco Johan because he is a big supporter of us and he’s been feeding me some really good clips for a while now. These are some things I’ve used in the past, he’s actually a big supporter and a really funny guy. "And as to why I’m so active on Twitter, well, I just retweeted one or two things that I thought were quite accurate."
Just over an hour later and Warren Gatland was up for his chat with the media. There were, of course, questions about the match-day 23 selected by the Lions, but there were a handful on the bizarre Twitter route the tour has taken.
Asked about Erasmus' personal tweets, and quote-tweets, Gatland said:
"That's a bit of a separate side-show... we've read the stories but I've not taken too much out of it"
The Kiwi was, later, asked if he ever considered setting up an account and responding to some of the claims. He remarked:
"No, I don't even know how to get onto it and set up a Twitter account. "I'd probably get too much abuse, so no point in that!"Gatland made three changes to his starting XV to face South Africa, on Saturday, with Conor Murray, Chris Harris and Mako Vunipola all coming in from the off. "The discussion was that if you’re going to make changes, you don’t make one, you make two or three," he said. "We looked at individuals and ball in play time. Our bench was outstanding. That was the thinking."
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