Move to Europe and the cash will flow, they said. Well, it hasn’t for South African teams just yet. If it doesn’t, they might be back in Super Rugby given the extraordinary cost of keeping up with the giants of European rugby.
If your model is to be at your absolute best once every four years to win the Rugby World Cup, and then you beat everyone else at their best in that tournament, then you’re the best rugby playing nation on the planet.
Move to Europe and the cash will flow, they said. Well, it isn’t just yet. And, as SA Rugby president Mark Alexander has made it clear when discussing their financial situation, Super Rugby had actually been an earner for them .Of course, there are significant caveats here.
The reality is - as pointed out by Le Roux - no one actually knows how big that pot is actually going to be for South African sides.
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