Super Rugby To Be Cut To 15 Teams
Two South African teams and one from Australia will be axed from the 2018 Super Rugby competition, governing body SANZAAR said on Sunday. The current 18-team competition will be streamlined to a...
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Australians May Strike If Super Rugby Team Axed
Australia's professional rugby players may go on strike early next year if one of their Super Rugby teams is axed in a shake-up of the competition, a report said on Friday. Fairfax Media said...
Minnows Chance To Impress Before Super Rugby Cull Talks
Defending champions Wellington Hurricanes prepare to unleash their big guns this weekend but the pressure is on Super Rugby's lesser lights amid talk of slimming down the 18-team competition....
O’Neill Calls For Flawed Super Rugby Series To Dump Teams
Former Australian rugby chief John O'Neill has called for Argentina and Japan to be dumped from the troubled Super Rugby competition, along with a South African side. As the SANZAAR organisers...
Super Rugby Has Plenty To Tackle In 2017
A new Super Rugby season kicks off this week with bosses pledging to tackle its unwieldy conference structure, exhausting travel schedules and lopsided contests. There will be a first fixture in...