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The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic not only threw up unprecedented problems and messed with the natural order of things, it also changed the face of the game as we know it.

Having rolled back the years by scrambling their way to the top of the combined Super Rugby log, thanks to a counter-attacking game as calculated as it was scintillating, normal service was broken when Covid-19 broke out.

Players warm up during a Super Rugby Unlocked match. Masks and minimal player numbers were also the order of this weird rugby season. Picture: Lee Warren/Gallo ImagesThe creation of the Pro16 hasn’t exactly been a victimless crime, if you will. The various sporting codes’ response to an unprecedented situation has been second-guessed by people armed with nothing but a surfeit of hindsight. Under the circumstances, SA Rugby’s reaction – thanks to its R1 billion budget cuts through industry-wide salary reductions and cancelling a host of annual tournaments – has been laudable insofar as it has done its bit to keep the game on its feet.

 

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We have to get this straight... it is not a 'pandemic', but 'plandemic'... that is why they even created/planned Covid 21, as Covid 19 could not produce their desired results... ...you create a virus, then come up with anti virus or vaccine for a particular purpose.

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