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EDITOR’S LETTER

A MOMENT OF HONESTY FIRST. This time last year there was virtually no sense of excitement or anticipation about Super Rugby kicking off. The competition was broken and we all knew it. The greedy expansion policies that began in 2006 ruined what was once the best provincial competition in the world.

Once the Jaguares and Sunwolves were involved, the whole business became ridiculous. All that travel for one game in Argentina and one game in Tokyo. It was as

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