The teams from Argentina, South Africa, defending world champions, New Zealand and Australia, located in the Top 10 of the World Rugby ranking, set out to ensure that rugby in the southern hemisphere remains competitive.
La Saanzar, despite the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, The Rugby Championship is scheduled to take place this season in its entirety.. Likewise, the activity will again take place in all the scenarios of the countries involved.
The Pumas will star in the first two matches of the Championship at home, facing the Australian Wallabies, on Saturday, March 6, at the Bicentennial Stadium in San Juan and a week later at the Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza.
The match schedule for the past two seasons has been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic, with no matches taking place in Argentina and a few matches taking place in South Africa and New Zealand.
The person in charge of the Saanzar, the Argentine Marcelo Rodríguez, referred to the agreement and commented that “the pandemic has created a very unusual sports environment in the last two years, with matches and commercial issues that were seriously affected.”
“This meant that the Unions that make up Sanzaar had to work very hard to keep rugby alive during the pandemic and it was not an easy task for anyone”
“In fact -Rodríguez added-, this situation promoted many speculations about the future of this alliance, but now we are very happy to be able to confirm that all the members have committed until the end of 2025”.
The Pumas closed the previous season their worst participation in the Rugby Championship, with six defeats in the same number of games played and without scoring points.
New Zealand became champion of the 2021 Championship one date before finishing by beating South Africa 19-17, who had won the title in 2019.
Source: Ambito
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