SKY SPORTS are frontrunners to be the main broadcaster for the PRO16 from next season when South Africa’s top franchises – the Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers – join the expanded league.
Sky are set to replace Premier Sports, who took control of the league’s television rights on a controversial three-year deal in 2018.
The new contract will be worth significantly more than the £30m Premier paid in 2019, but won’t come close to the massive broadcast deals in English and French rugby.
BT Sport paid £110m to show Premiership games while France’s new deal with Canal Plus is worth €113.6m-per-y...