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Published 10:15 8 Sept 2020 BST
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Simon Zebo celebrates scoring Ireland's third try against Georgia with teammate Ian Madigan in November 2014. (Credit: Stephen McCarthy / SPORTSFILE)[/caption]
A glitzy wrinkle emerged when SARU [the South African rugby union] expressed its interest in sending a squad to Europe to take part in the 8 Nations. This may have been a shot across the bows at their Australian and Kiwi counterparts following talk of dropping South African sides from a revamped Super Rugby competition.
As it was, the world champions were committed to taking part in the Tri Nations from November 7 until December 12 and there would be no backing out. Another stumbling however, was clubs letting it be known that they would not be best pleased if their South African players disappeared for the best part of two months to go globe-trotting during a pandemic.
That has brought Georgia back into the picture and it is good news for those that have been advocating 'Los Lelos' either joining an expanded Six Nations or vying with Italy for the honour each season. According to Gavin Mairs in The Telegraph, the dye has been cast and Georgia got their golden ticket invite to the 8 Nations.
The same report states that Georgia have landed themselves in a tough pool. Here is how the pools are set to look:
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