Super Rugby will be cut from 18 teams to 16 for the 2018 season following a meeting of governing body Sanzaar in London last week, Cheetahs CE Harold Verster told South African media. Sanzaar, which is made up of the South African, New Zealand, Australian and Argentinian rugby unions, met last Friday to address widespread criticisms of the unwieldy 18-team format, which was introduced in 2016. Online news portal Netwerk24 cited Verster as saying one of SA’s six teams and one of Australia’s five would be cut from the 2018 competition. "There was even speculation that we would return to a Super 12, but my information is that it is going to be reduced from the current 18 to 16 teams, which means the Cheetahs are safe," Verster said. "There is much discussion about the current series and the format and that two South African teams and one Australian team would drop out. All I can say is that we are safe. I keep my ear to the ground." In Australia, the Western Force and Melbourne Rebels ...
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