Rugby gets government green light to return to play

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Kick-off! Mr NathiMthethwaSA Minister of SPORTandREC_RSA only Thursday announced the GREEN LIGHT for rugby to return to the pitch... but under certain conditions. | IOLsport Photo: Siyabulela Duda

A limited number of people will be allowed to attend games as part of essential services to make these events possible and from within a “bio safe environment”.

SA Rugby chief executive Jurie Roux is a happy CEO following today’s announcement. Photo: Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix “Having said that, our eight franchise teams that returned to the training field recently still need a few more weeks of preparation before they will be ready for matches, and from SA Rugby’s side we will assist them with whatever is necessary.

In order to prepare for the restart, the Vodacom Bulls, Emirates Lions, Cell C Sharks, DHL Stormers, Toyota Cheetahs, Southern Kings, Tafel Lager Griquas and Phakisa Pumas all started with non-contact training a few weeks ago.Subscribe to the IOL Sport Newsletter!

 

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