South African rugby's immediate future is domestic-based competitions only due to Covid-19 restrictions, but it's a reality that should be embraced. One of Jurie Roux’s more interesting quotes out of SA Rugby’s wide-ranging briefing last week (and there were plenty of them) was about the Currie Cup. With Covid-19 restrictions meaning that quarantine-free international travel will, conservatively speaking, only start again at the end of May next year earliest, SA-only competition is local rugby’s immediate future. I’m not for one moment saying that SA Rugby shouldn’t be exploring the European avenues that every second rugby fan seems so keen on. But my heart also tells me it will be criminal to waste 2021’s platform for intensively exploring whether local is really lekker.

Source: The Local July 28, 2020 14:26 UTC