South African question will take years to answer

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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 31: Rassie Erasmus, the Springboks director of rugby ,acting as a water carrier, talks to his team during the 2nd test match between South Africa Springboks and the British & Irish Lions at Cape Town Stadium on July 31, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

JEFF PROBYN

THE news that South Africa have signed an extension to continue in the Rugby Championship until at least the end of 2025 seems to have put a hold on the idea that they will join the Six Nations making a seventh nation or replacing Italy in the competition.
However, it is just a hold, as they are effectively just extending until the current Rugby Championship TV deal comes to an end.
South Africa have always been a likely candidate for the Six Nations as the nearest Tier 1 nation on the same time-line as Europe, and the current world champions could still swing it as commercially...

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