FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Sunwolves vs Bulls - 2016 Super Rugby - National Stadium, Singapore - 26/3/16 - Sunwolves' players prepare to shake hands with players from the Bulls after the match concluded YYY REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Tokyo-based Sunwolves will be cut from Super Rugby after the 2020 season in a major blow for Japan as the nation prepares to showcase its development in the sport as hosts of the World Cup.
Super Rugby will revert to a purely southern hemisphere affair of 14 teams in a round-robin format, continuing the competition's contraction since an ill-fated expansion to 18 sides in 2016, governing body SANZAAR said on Friday.
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