Australia delays axing of Force or Rebels

FILE PHOTO - National Australia Bank (NAB) Chief Executive Officer Cameron Clyne talks to the media at the company's results news conference in Sydney May 6, 2010. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Western Force and Melbourne Rebels will have to wait a little longer to discover which will be axed from Super Rugby after the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) on Tuesday abandoned its plans to make the decision before the end of the week.

ARU chairman Cameron Clyne said on Monday an announcement on whether the Force or Rebels would be culled from Super Rugby as the competition contracts to 15 teams for 2018 would be delivered in "48 to 72 hours".