Why can’t the Boks play in the Six Nations as well as the Rugby Championship?

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In all the speculation that has done the rounds about the Springboks’ prospects since rumours of them possibly playing in the Six Nations in 2024, nobody has floated the idea of Jacques Nienaber’s men campaigning in both competitions, writes simxabanisa

Over the past week, talk has been about the New Zealanders, South Africa’s main Sanzaar partners, alternating between saying they need the Springboks to stay in the Rugby Championship and calling their mooted departure good riddance, and the northern hemisphere teams tut-tutting about not needing a southern hemisphere team soiling the Six Nations’ traditions.

But, with SA Rugby’s new contracting system having pushed even more Springboks to campaign in Europe and there being no restrictions on how many of them can play for the Bok team, Nienaber could conceivably play a team loaded with those players and only a few who are still based in South Africa. The first is that, for South Africa to successfully double-dip between the two hemispheres, contracts seemingly set in stone to allow it would be required.

Maybe the most important reason this is all mere speculation is that, for those discussions to take place, it would have to be fact – as opposed to rumours – that the Springboks are set to join the Six Nations in 2024, as alleged by the recent reports.

 

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