Super Rugby announces the Sunwolves will be cut from the competition after the 2020 season in a move that will have an impact on Australia's four teams.
The Japan-based Sunwolves will be cut from Super Rugby in 2021, with the competition to revert to 14 teams in a move that will have an impact on Australia's four teams.The Japan-based club joined Super Rugby in 2016 but has struggled in terms of on-field results
The axing of the Sunwolves will impact on Australia's four Super Rugby teams, who will play fewer matches from 2021 onwards The axing of the Sunwolves, who play in the Australian conference, means the current three-conference system will be scrapped after the 2020 season, with each team to play 13 matches during the home-and-away campaign.
There will be fewer matches between the Australian teams — the Waratahs, Reds, Brumbies and Rebels — as they will each only play three local derbies every two seasons from 2021 onwards, as opposed to three per year under the current format. "SANZAAR has announced that following a substantial review of Super Rugby over the last 18 months via a strategic planning process, the immediate future of Super Rugby rests with a 14-team, round robin, competition format," Super Rugby's governing body said in a statement."The Sunwolves from Japan will drop out of the existing 15-team Super Rugby competition at the end of the 2020 season.
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