South African teams prove they firmly belong once again | The Citizen

Stormers player Evan Roos and Clermont's Miles Amatosero have a heated moment during their Champions Cup match in Cape Town on Saturday night. Picture: Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images

Much like their entrance into the United Rugby Championship , the South African teams’ first foray into the Champions andwas met with much skepticism and complaints from a number of French and English sides. Wanting to know what worth the SA team’s would bring to Europe’s premier club rugby competition and worried about the travel logistics, it was more unfair doubt placed on the Stormers, Sharks, Bulls, Lions and invitational Cheetahs before they had even played a game.all five South African teams have qualified for the knockoutsThey have thus once again proved they belong in a major European competition, and will add a lot of value to it in the future.

Just as New Zealand seems to be suffering from the lack of playing South African sides in Super Rugby, the European teams are now benefiting from facing top quality SA opposition, and it should in turn help their international teams as well. With the last 16 of both competitions looming at the end of March and start of April, a few SA teams should continue on into the quarterfinals.

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