Video / All BlacksFormer All Blacks captain Kieran Read isn't the biggest fan of the new Super Rugby Pacific playoffs structure and believes the Australian teams must improve to for the tournament not to suffer in quality. The newly announced Super Rugby Pacific will kick off next February with Pacific sides Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika joining the Kiwis and Aussies to make a 12-team tournament. You make your Super Rugby team and there was a trip to South Africa throughout the season that you're always willing to go on. Kieran Read says Australian teams need to step up in next year's Super Rugby Pacific. "But I think we've certainly got to explore those opportunities to play meaningful games and not just playing games for the sake of it.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 01, 2021 05:24 UTC