Rugby: Sunwolves to open 2018 season against Brumbies in Tokyo

The Sunwolves will open their 2018 Super Rugby campaign on Feb. 24 in Tokyo against the Canberra-based Brumbies, it was announced Thursday.SANZAAR -- the organization that runs rugby in the Southern Hemisphere -- has reduced the competition from 18 teams to 15 with the Sunwolves moving into the Australia Conference from the South Africa Conference.The new format will see the Sunwolves play the four other Australian teams home-and-away, and take on four sides from New Zealand and South Africa, respectively.Five of the Sunwolves' home games will be played at Tokyo's Prince Chichibu Memorial R…READ FULL ARTICLE