No July Tests for Springboks
The Test series between the Springboks and Scotland has been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, SA Rugby and World Rugby announced on Friday.
SA Rugby said on Friday that extended travel and quarantine restrictions that apply to numerous countries, and concerns over adequate player preparation time, mean that any sort of cross-border international rugby competition cannot be hosted in July.
The Springboks were scheduled to play Scotland in a two-game home Test series in Cape Town and Durban, while the first-ever match between the Boks and Georgia on South African soil, was pencilled in for Port Elizabeth.
Monitoring of the potential impact on the remaining 2020 international windows continues in collaboration with international rugby stakeholders and the respective authorities, SA Rugby said.
Any future Test matches will depend on national government travel, quarantine and health advice and important player welfare and hosting considerations in line with return-to-rugby guidance recently published by World Rugby.
“Any solution will have player health, welfare and appropriate return-to-play protocols at heart,” said Jurie Roux, CEO of SA Rugby.
“It would be inappropriate to comment of potential solutions during a fluid and important consultation process.”
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