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jargan83
Even if the do-nothing approach is adopted, SANZAAR almost certainly would reorganise the 18 teams into three groups of six. South Africa would retain its six teams, the Australian conference of five teams would be boosted by the Sunwolves while the Jaguares would play out of the NZ conference.
Teams from within each conference would play each other on a home-and-away basis and then, to eliminate the advantage South Africa currently enjoys and restore integrity to the competition, play matches against half of the other two conferences.
“While the Jaguares playing in the NZ conference might not seem an elegant solution, the fact is that flying from Auckland to Buenos Aires is one of the few ways of flying direct to BA from anywhere in the world,” said RUPA chief executive Ross Xenos.