Highlanders chief executive Roger Clark is already planning for a second Super Rugby Aotearoa competition in 2021 because of travel and border restrictions. The Super Rugby competition gradually drifted away from what made it great as the participating nations mistakenly tried to use it to replace their domestic rugby competitions. Stuff Sanzaar chief executive Andy Marinos says Super Rugby tried to “take over” domestic rugby competitions. “And I think Super Rugby would really resonate and appeal if that was a consideration going forward.”Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Cory Jane in action for Hurricanes against the Force in 2016, when Super Rugby featured 18 teams. As for the immediate future of Super Rugby, Marinos became the latest to express doubts that anything but a domestic competition was going to be possible for 2021.

Source: Stuff August 31, 2020 00:03 UTC