The South African Rugby Union board has voted to pull its four remaining teams from Super Rugby and explore joining an expanded Pro-14 tournament in Europe instead.
While this hasn't been a big surprise, the board's blaming of New Zealand for the move is.
The South Africans say their hand was forced by New Zealand Rugby choosing to proceed with a domestic, trans-Tasman or Pacific competition for 2021.
Clinton van der Berg is a sport correspondent based in Johannesberg.
He speaks to Corin Dann.
