An earthquake is coming in the world of rugby, one of the most faithful sports in terms of tradition, and which could be revolutionized as of 2025 one of its great competitions by country: the Six Nations, which pits the six great teams of the European continent against each other.
According to the British newspaper Daily Mail, The South African rugby team, the Springboks, two-time rugby world champions, could be the sixth team in the Six Nations from the year 2025. South Africa’s entry into the Six Nations would mean a real revolution in the tournament since, in addition to the inclusion of a non-European country, it would also mean the exit from the competition of Italy, one of the six countries that participates each year in the Six Nations. However, this announcement comes shortly after South Africa has renewed its agreement to compete in the Rugby Championship, which includes the Springboks, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina, the best teams in the Southern Hemisphere, for at least three more seasons.
The Daily Mail also points out that behind South Africa’s entry into the Six Nations would be the CVC investment fund, which entered as one of the competition’s shareholders in exchange for an investment of 365 million pounds (436 million euros). In this way, they could follow in the footsteps of what happened in the United Rugby Championship, where teams from South Africa will compete in European tournaments against teams from Wales, Scotland, Ireland or Italy. Several European rugby figures have already been against the possible entry of South Africa into the Six Nations in a move that, if confirmed, would be an absolute earthquake in the world and in the history of rugby.