The collapse of the Melbourne Rebels has forced a rejig of Super Rugby Pacific next year, with fewer play-off spots and no Super round.

The collapse of the Melbourne Rebels has forced a re-jig of Super Rugby Pacific next year, with fewer playoff spots and no Super round.

The collapse of the Melbourne Rebels has forced a re-jig of Super Rugby Pacific next year, with fewer playoff spots and no Super round.

The collapse of the Melbourne Rebels has forced a re-jig of Super Rugby Pacific next year, with fewer playoff spots and no Super round.

Super Rugby will change from a top-eight finals format to a top six in 2025, with the competition featuring only 11 teams following the Rebels' axing.

Super Rugby will change from a top-eight finals format to a top six in 2025, with the competition featuring only 11 teams following the Rebels' axing.

There will be a six-team finals format, changed from the usual top eight format, and the Super Round has been shelved, for at least a year.

Super Rugby has adopted several changes for the 2025 season.

Brisbane prop Payne Haas will have surgery on his foot next week, while Reece Walsh has been ruled out of the Broncos' round-27 clash with Melbourne.

Canada's rugby test against Tonga on Saturday in Tokyo comes with a modest prize - fifth place at the six-team Pacific Nations Cup. But next year,...