It will be a tough errand for whoever is sent to do the job, but the future wellbeing of the ABSA Currie Cup may well depend on the South African Rugby Union (SARU) convincing their Australian and New Zealand counterparts that the current format of Super Rugby needs to be changed. Sport24's Ken Borland reports.
"One of the oldest provincial rugby tournaments in the world has survived perfectly happily for 119 years and through two world wars, but its prestige is being seriously threatened by the new, expanded and thoroughly imperfect Super Rugby competition.
This year is also a World Cup year, so the full Springbok squad of 30 will not be involved, while SARU has plans to reduce next season's Currie Cup from eight to six teams in order to fit it into a schedule that has been squeezed by Super Rugby.
"The length of the Super Rugby competition has affected our local competitions and that is something we have to address," SARU CEO Jurie Roux admitted."
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