Australia will host the 2020 Rugby Championship.
SANZAAR has confirmed the 12-match tournament will be played over six weeks within the recently announced World Rugby sanctioned Southern Hemisphere playing window of November 7 to December 12.
The tournament will comprise a six-week, 12-match, “home and away” tournament involving Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
SANZAAR CEO Andy Marinos says they are delighted that SANZAAR can, at last, confirm the participants and host country for The Rugby Championship and put an end to the continued speculation about the tournaments’ format and location.
He says SANZAAR ultimately determined that based on government-required quarantine protocols (for entry and training prior to the tournament) and commercial underwriting, the Rugby Australia submission was the most desirable and workable in terms of tournament logistics for the essential pre-tournament preparation period and the six-week tournament itself.
Marinos stated that South Africa’s participation remained to be confirmed as it was dependent on several factors outside the control of SANZAAR.
The official schedule will be confirmed over the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, the Wallabies squad will be named this Sunday.
[Source: Rugby.com.au]
