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Yet another plan has emerged which would see Welsh regions playing South African sides in the future.

Last week we reported how there were proposals for the Cheetahs and Southern Kings to join an expanded Guinness PRO12 from next season.

They are two of the sides which are set to be ditched with the Super Rugby tournament being reduced from 18 to 15 teams next year.

And now it appears South Africa’s Currie Cup teams could be added to the Anglo-Welsh Cup once the new global season gets underway.

That would see our regions taking on the likes of the Blue Bulls, Western Province, the Sharks and Eastern Province in addition to English clubs.

Premiership Rugby is considering the revamp for a couple of years down the line, with discussions understood to be at an early stage.

The expansion of the cross-border cup would fill the vacant weekends created by rugby’s new schedule which comes into play post-2019.

Under the global reorganisation, the new season would run from September through to June and see no Aviva Premiership games played during the international windows.