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Is URC becoming another Super Rugby — with too many home team victories?

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The South African teams have finally settled, with the officiating also improved since the introduction of neutral referees.

The Stormers, after a tough start, are now aiming to make the playoffs in the URC. Picture: Lefty Shivambu / Gallo Images

It also, however, is running into the same problem that Super Rugby did in terms of how incredibly difficult it is for teams to win overseas; perhaps even more so in the URC. The best sporting events have a large element of unpredictability about them; the excitement of a 50/50 contest, nobody being quite sure who is going to win. It is partly why a Test match between the Springboks and All Blacks is so exciting.

That means teams like Leinster, Edinburgh, Ospreys, the Sharks and Stormers, will not be deprived from playing their internationals at key times of the tournament. Even Cardiff, who are sitting 13 on the log, have had 10 Welsh internationals ripped from their squad for much of the tournament.

 

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