An impasse may be stalling progress in preparations for pitching Sanzar's case to potential broadcasters of Super Rugby, but the Tri Nations Test programme is not affected.
At a press conference on Friday, Steve Tew, the chief executive of the New Zealand Rugby Union said all three countries, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa recognised the value of the Tri Nations.
Where the South Africans were in disagreement with the Anzac partners was over the South African desire to start the tournament in February and the Anzac suggestion to play a reduced Super 14 programme through the June international window.
This was similar to what happened in the Northern Hemisphere during its international window.
Under the proposed scheme which had looked likely to break the impasse until rejected after South Africa's representatives sought opinions from their country, each team would play two games without their internationals, and have two byes during this period.
That would allow all teams to be treated equally.
There had been talk that South Africa would play its own conference of games in February while Australia and New Zealand played their conference games in June, but the Anzac partners rejected that as those games would be played without international players, giving the South Africans a greater advantage in the quest for top six play-offs positions.
The deadline for submissions to broadcasters is June 30 and despite the impasse Tew said the chances were still good a result could be achieved.
The Anzac partners were also continuing their exploratory options for a different tournament should the situation not be resolved and would be taking this further in discussion with Argentine officials at an IRB meeting in a fortnight.
There was also reportedly more interest out of Japan for the possible involvement of two teams at a future date in a Pacific-based competition.
Tew said the desire to start in March was simple.
"We think it's appropriate to let people in New Zealand, especially, enjoy their summer and for cricket to have its space," he said.