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The Free State Cheetahs 1976 Currie Cup winning team has written an open letter to SA Rugby demanding continued union participation in PRO14.
Rumors have grown that four South African franchises could join an expanded tournament.
While the four teams that will represent the country at PRO16 have yet to be identified, it is widely expected that the Super Rugby teams (the Vodacom Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers) will be chosen with the Cheetahs and Kings, who are currently compete in PRO14, they will likely be eliminated in the same way that they were eliminated from Super Rugby in 2017.
But according to Red24, the 1975 Free State promotion has written to SA Rugby to express concern for the future of the Cheetahs and to suggest that the national governing body select only three Super Rugby franchises to join the Cheetahs as the four South African representatives in the tournament. PRO. .
“If not, then the Currie Cup has to determine who are the top four teams in the country,” wrote former lockout Ross van Reenen. ‘Or are the other franchises scared of cheetahs?
“After the Super Rugby fiasco a few years ago, when the Cheetahs were shown the door, the team had to find its own way and had to fight for the opportunity to play in PRO14. Now you want to take that away too?
“We strongly believe that the Cheetahs deserve the right to play in PRO16.”
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