South Africa have been more and more aligning themselves with the northern hemisphere, with 4 golf equipment becoming a member of the United Rugby Championship in 2021 and three getting into Europe’s Champions Cup final yr.

“I can perceive that dynamic, however the gamers within the membership sport in South Africa wanted a contest to play in, which has been a problem on their facet,” Morel instructed the Telegraph.

“There has clearly been some curiosity, however we aren’t partaking in any of these conversations. We’re targeted on what we expect is the appropriate steadiness for the sport, and that’s discovering aggressive fixtures that may convey some pathway to the creating nations as effectively.

“We’re having actually productive calls and exchanges with the southern hemisphere on that and hopefully we will come to some settlement within the comparatively quick time period and we consider that’s within the curiosity of the sport.”

South Africa will proceed to play within the annual Rugby Championship towards New Zealand, Australia and Argentina till not less than 2025, organisers SANZAAR confirmed final yr after hypothesis the Springboks had been seeking to be part of the Six Nations.

Morel added there had been no discussions about adjustments to the Six Nations format or the introduction of promotion and relegation, saying its focus stays on revamping the July and November check home windows.

“There isn’t a dialog about increasing the Six Nations proper now, the whole focus is on discovering the appropriate resolution and enhancements to the July and November home windows and discovering a extra aggressive narrative for these fixtures,” Morel mentioned.

“Our entire power of the Six Nations is concentrated on that. So there isn’t any dialog concerning anything. There by no means has been.”

This yr’s Six Nations championship begins on Feb. 4.