Japanese Super Rugby side to open against Johannesburg Lions

no fair. silly to draw Japan in the SA pool. It is a 20 hour flight to SA all told. plus jet lag due to 7 hour time difference. would have made more sense to have them in a pool in Oz, although I guess they might then have almost no hope of ever getting thru the pool stages. I am bemused that they have not named the franchise nor even hinted at which players they might be looking at.