Australia and New Zealand could ditch South Africa from the Tri Nations rugby competition and find a new partner, veteran Wallabies scrumhalf George Gregan said Thursday.
Gregan hit out at the Springboks, who have named an understrength team for Saturday's Tri Nations test against Australia, saying New Zealand and Australia could exclude South Africa from future Tri Nations play.
"If someone's not happy in a partnership, then obviously it's got to be dissolved and you've got to find a new way to move forward, and there's always been a really strong relationship between Australia and New Zealand," Gregan said.
"If that was to happen, you'd be able to find something which would work and it would give opportunities to a lot of the Pacific Islanders, other teams...Argentina, who knows.
"But they'd be able to come up with another concept if they (the South Africans) wanted to align themselves with the northern hemisphere."
Gregan was echoing comments from Australian rugby officials, angered by the Springbok's selection of second string teams in this year's Tri Nations, who have said South Africa's playing future might lie in Europe.
Those officials have suggested the Sanzar partnership of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa might be altered to exclude South Africa and include Argentina or a Pacific Islands combination.
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