• South Africa will remain in the Rugby Championship, the Southern Hemisphere's marquee international competition, until 2025 after previously considering a move to join the Northern Hemisphere's Six Nations. | REUTERS
    South Africa will remain in the Rugby Championship, the Southern Hemisphere's marquee international competition, until 2025 after previously considering a move to join the Northern Hemisphere's Six Nations. | REUTERS

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Rugby Championship organizer SANZAAR has confirmed world champions South Africa will continue to play in the annual competition until 2025.

The move ends speculation the South Africans were planning to leave the Southern Hemisphere championship, which also features New Zealand, Australia and Argentina, to join the Six Nations setup in Europe.

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