Rugby Australia boss Andy Marinos has ruled out involvement by teams from Japan or the US in Super Rugby in the near future.
In case it wasn't already clear to the governing bodies of Super Rugby, an evenly contested, unpredictable competition is a good competition.
Super Rugby Pacific's two new expansion sides have faced very different introductions to the competition in 2022.
In their first match since their famous run to the 2019 World Cup quarter-finals, Japan overcame a staunch Sunwolves side in Shizuoka on Saturday.
Japan head coach Jamie Joseph has named a raft of 2019 World Cup heroes in his 36-man squad to face the British and Irish Lions in Edinburgh next month.
The Sunwolves are set for a surprise return to action against a Japan XV next month more than a year after their axing from Super Rugby.
A former Sunwolves star has signed a two-year deal with the Waratahs as he aims to stake a claim in Dave Rennie's Wallabies squad.
For the first four years of Jamie Booth’s Super Rugby career, the Manawatu halfback struggled to lock down anything beyond a one year contract. Now, the 26-year-old is halfway through a two year deal with the Hurricanes.
An ex-Wallabies star says it would be crazy not to consider having a Japanese team in a revamped Australian Super Rugby competition.
As the war of words rages on between New Zealand and Australia over the future of a revamped Super Rugby competition, Japan has expressed his eagerness to stay involved in the Southern Hemisphere club game.