New Zealand Super Rugby plans include Australia matches

[ASFN Admin]

Super Rugby matches between Australian and New Zealand teams may return in 2021, if the nations can agree on a format and if pandemic border restrictions allow. New Zealand Rugby is close to approving plans for the 2021 and 2022 seasons, which will likely involve trans-Tasman matches next year and a New Zealand-based Pacific Islands team from 2022. Teams from New Zealand and Australia haven't played each other since March when the full Super Rugby competition was abandoned because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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