More AP sports: https://apnews.com/apf-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports. Clarke said he had not heard that South Africa were planning to ditch the Rugby Championship next year and head north, but did admit the relationship between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa was strained. The South African Rugby Union said it had pulled out due to concerns over “player welfare” with the Springboks having had less time to prepare in competition compared to Australia and New Zealand, who completed domestic tournaments weeks ago and opened their Test season last weekend. (Additional reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Peter Rutherford), Fargo, ND, USA / The Mighty 790 KFGO | KFGO. For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage. The statement said a decision will be made “early next week” on whether South Africa will defend a title won last year in a single-round tournament due to the World Cup. 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Last modified on Thu 15 Oct 2020 21.37 EDT World champions South Africa will not take part in the Rugby Championship, leaving the southern hemisphere championship greatly diminished 16 … Given the much later return to rugby than New Zealand and Australia as South Africa was more affected by the pandemic, that target cannot be met. Clarke, trying to remain upbeat on a call with reporters, sympathised with South Africa but only to a certain extent, given how much effort has been put in particularly after they had agreed to a schedule last month. “More notice would have been great to take some of the pressure off but the outcome is the same and we’re just going to move on,” Clarke said. The participation of world champions South Africa in the 2020 Rugby Championship hangs in the balance after a statement released Saturday said a decision would be made next week. "If they're not coming, obviously there are less games and less opportunity for some of our young guys to get a taste of Springbok footy," he told reporters. Back in Champions League, Ferencváros aims to revive history, Hungarian champion Ferencváros returns this week to European soccer’s biggest stage after a 25-year gap looking to revive a proud history, Data-driven approach taking Midtjylland to heady heights, FC Midtjylland has been one of the poster teams for analytics in European soccer. “In other countries, players could train or at least go to the park to exercise. SA Rugby slashed 1.2 billion rand ($73 million) off their 2020 budget due to the coronavirus and reportedly could pocket 300 million rand by playing in Australia. New Zealand then refused to accept playing in the last round in December because its players would still be in quarantine on Christmas Day on their return home. World champions South Africa will not take part in the Rugby Championship, leaving the southern hemisphere championship greatly diminished 16 days before its scheduled start. “South Africa has expressed overtly its commitment to the TRC into the future, as have New Zealand, Argentina and ourselves,” Clarke said. The Springboks were allowed to return to full-contact training only last month because of government regulations to curb the spread of the coronavirus. “We have had one of the toughest lockdowns in the world and our players were indoors for months,” Erasmus said last month. 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