The Sunwolves better have a good sponsorship deal with an airline because once again they are going to rack up some serious airpoints during the Super Rugby season.
The 2017 Super Rugby draw was released today and by the Herald's calculations, the Sunwolves will beat last season's effortof 113 hours in the air.
Next year they will spend an estimated 130 hours on a plane.
The latest draw has the Japanese franchise making two seperate trips to South Africa bookending a killer five week stretch which includes travel from Tokyo to New Zealand followed by a trip to Argentina.
The most probablmatic trip looks to be the Buenos Aires to Singapore leg following the side's round 11 clash against the Jaguares which could take anywhere beteen 20 hours and 34 hours, including a possible stopover in Auckland. The issue is they would have just been in New Zealand the week before.
Week 1 - v Hurricanes in Tokyo Tokyo to Singapore - 7 hours Week 2 - v Kings in Singapore Singapore to Bloemfontein - 11 hours 33 Week 3 - v Cheetahs in Bloemfontein Bloemfontein to Pretoria - 1 hour Week 4 - v Bulls in Pretoria Pretoria to Singapore - 11 hours, 15 minutes Week 5 - v Stormers in Singapore Singapore to Tokyo - 7 hours BYE Week 7 - v Bulls in Tokyo Tokyo to Christchurch 12 hours Week 8 - v Crusaders in Christchurch Christchurch to Dunedin 1 hour Week 9 - v Highlanders in TBC Dunedin to Hamilton -1 hour 45 Week 10 v Chiefs in TBC Auckland to Buenos Aires - 13 hours, 25 Week 11 - v Jaguares, Buenos Aires BYE Buenos Aires to Singapore 20 hours, 15 Week 13 - v Sharks, Singapore Singapore to Tokyo - 7 hours Week 14 - v Cheetahs, Tokyo BYE Tokyo to Johannesburg - 17 hours 20 mins Week 15 - v Lions, Johannesburg Johannesburg to Cape Town 2 hours Week 16 - v Stormers, Cape Town Cape Town to Tokyo - 18 hours, 50 mins Week 17 - v Blues, Tokyo
