Sanzaar to reveal Super Rugby changes on Sunday - News Summed Up

Sanzaar to reveal Super Rugby changes on Sunday


Sanzaar to reveal Super Rugby changes on SundayMARTY MELVILLE/PHOTOSPORT Super Rugby, with Ngani Laumape pictured scoring for the Hurricanes on Friday, may return to a 15-team competition when Sanzaar announces changes on Sunday. Sanzaar will announce the future make-up of Super Rugby on Sunday, bringing an end to a month of confusion and speculation about the format of the mostly southern hemisphere provincial competition. Sanzaar, made up of the South African, New Zealand, Australian and Argentine unions, met in London last month to hammer out a solution to the problems of an over-complicated structure. READ MORE: Three teams likely to go in Super Rugby shake-upMore than a month after a meeting in London where Sanzaar partners agreed in principle to push ahead with New Zealand's preference for a 15-team competition, those teams facing the axe are no clearer about their respective futures. A consultation period would be required but a return to a 15-team competition would probably see the format revert to three conferences, with Japan's Sunwolves joining Australia and Argentina's Jaguares in the South African group.


Source: Stuff April 08, 2017 09:33 UTC



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