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SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux speaks to the media after France was announced as the host nation for the 2023 Rugby World Cup at London’s Royal Garden Hotel on November 15, 2017 (Photo by Bryn Lennon / Getty Images)
- SA Rugby has welcomed Sanzaar’s announcement of taking a renewed approach to the Rugby Championship.
- The Rugby Championship will now be played in a 12-match mini-tour format with the teams facing each other at home or away.
- SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux says they expect “more world-class test rugby.”
SA Rugby said Wednesday that it welcomed Sanzaar’s announcement in confirming a renewed focus for all four teams. Rugby championship.
The southern hemisphere governing body announced that the tournament would be restructured to include a 12-game format, with teams playing each other at home or away through the new mini-tour match schedule that was adopted in 2019.
“We welcome the changes announced at the Rugby Championship with our Sanzaar partners and we look forward to seeing what the new strategic plan entails for the competition, with possible international expansion on the cards,” said the CEO of SA Rugby. Jurie Roux he said through a press release.
SA Rugby recently announced that its Super Rugby franchises would be playing in Europe starting next year.
This fueled speculation that the Springboks could leave the Rugby Championship for good and join the Six Nations, however Wednesday’s announcement sees South Africa committed to the southern hemisphere event until 2030.
“Although we had to change our national focus, we still have a long history with the All Blacks and Wallabies, as well as a longstanding friendship with the Pumas and we look forward to more world-class test rugby,” Roux continued.
“Since the Tri-Nations was first contested in 1996, and more recently the 2012 Rugby Championship, a team from the southern hemisphere has won the Rugby World Cup five out of six times, which is testament to the high Test rugby quality played on this side of the equator. ”
Andy MarinosSanzaar CEO added: “The new commitment of the four unions to the long-term future of international gaming is an important start as we embark on a new direction for both the unions and the organization in the years to come.”
– Compiled by Sport24 staff
