Apologies if shared before. I couldn't see anything. It was published two months ago.
I was looking for something else and came across this article from the Irish Times.
Looks like there may be extra 2 SA teams from 2019.
It doesn't surprise me as they really feel they get the thin edge of the wedge, especially now that the Argentinians and Japanese have joined. I always thought that the 2 teams starting was a starting point to test the water. How they would develop a 16 team league is anybodies guess (ditch the Italians, as they keep threatening to leave).
Although it might just be rumour
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ ... -1.3486294