THE financial impact of the global coronavirus epidemic should concentrate minds like never before when it comes to resolving some of the long-standing structural issues in this sport.
The idea of South Africa joining the Six Nations is one of them, with public opinion in Europe divided.
Ed Griffiths, the former Saracens and South African RU chief executive, believes that switch will happen before long. “It does have an air of inevitability about it, especially with the Australian and New Zealand alignment with Japan increasing.” Griffiths argues that the old northern ...