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Friday, April 1, 2016

England Set for Move to SANZAR


In a move that has rocked the core of Northern Hemisphere rugby, the Rugby Football Union is understood to be busy making plans to join SANZAR as early as 2018.

The move has been heavily pushed by current head coach, Eddie Jones, who says that winning the Grand Slam this season was hollow given the quality of opposition they faced.

“Let’s face it, Italy will never be good as long as I have breath in my lungs, the Celtic nations are coached by Kiwis and the Frogs only care about football,” the former Australian coach said in a statement to media at Twickenham.

The Welsh, Irish, Scottish, Italian and French unions have expressed their delight echoing a recent ad on BBC One that was banned - it showed supporters crying "England" as the team they would love to see lose. A French rugby official was quoted as saying that Georgia would take England's place as soon as they left. 

If England does join SANZAR, they will compete in an expanded Rugby Championship and play in hot summer conditions at Twickenham. Plans are also underway for Super Rugby to expand to include English teams.

While traditionalists have mooted the likes of Leicester and Northampton to fly the flag for England against the might of the Highlanders and Sunwolves, the RFU has made noise of a possible London based Super Rugby franchise based at Wembley Stadium and formed from the merger of Harlequins, Wasps, London Irish, Saracens and London Welsh.

Harlequins captain Chris Robshaw commented, “The jerseys will be even more multi-coloured than ever.”


The NZRU, SARU and ARU declined to comment while the UAR has said “Ei karamba!”

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