Cardiff Blues head coach Danny Wilson admits facing South African teams away from home in the PRO14 will present a massive challenge.
It was confirmed on Tuesday that the Cheetahs and Kings will join the newly expanded Championship, which is now split into two conferences.
Cardiff Blues were drawn in Conference A with the Cheetahs, who they will play home and away, while they will take on the Kings home or away.
Blues head coach Wilson is excited about the prospect and is looking forward to the formidable challenge that lies ahead in the coming season.
"It is exciting and a little bit unknown. The challenge of going to South Africa, the travel and everything that comes with it, to go and win the game is a big one," he told Cardiff Blues' website.
"It will make for some interesting games and hopefully bring a crowd to see South African teams at Cardiff Arms Park.
"We will start to build a bank of knowledge of the two South African teams in terms of what's gone before and the style they play. But the detail will be done two weeks out from the game, with the coaches and analysts, and then the players in the early part of the week before."
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