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    South African rugby’s Covid-19 timeline

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    Published on May 16, 2020

    Take a look at the timeline of significant rugby events and/or announcements throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

    READ: ‘Boks playing would boost national morale’

    • 11 March: Covid-19 management committee meets for the first time.
    • 12 March: Guinness PRO14 season is suspended indefinitely.
    • 13 March: World Rugby cancels the women’s World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series tournament due to be played in Stellenbosch on 28 and 29 March.
    • 13 March: SA Rugby cancels Junior Springbok home and away internationals in April and May.
    • 14 March: Sanzaar suspends Vodacom Super Rugby for the foreseeable future.
    • 16 March: SA Rugby suspends all national team training camps and business travel and orders cost savings; postpones kick-off of Provincial Rugby Challenge with a view to return to play on 25 April.
    • 16 March: SA Rugby announces actions and issues guidelines on safe practices to all rugby bodies.
    • 18 March: SA Rugby announces suspension of all rugby until end of April and that discussions are under way to reschedule competitions to exclude international travel and be played behind closed doors.
    • 20 March: World Rugby cancels the Junior World Championship scheduled to take place in Italy in June.
    • 23 March: President Cyril Ramaphosa announces nationwide lockdown to start from midnight on 26 March.
    • 24 March: The International Olympic Committee postpones the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games until 2021.
    • 27 March: SA Rugby, MyPlayers (players’ organisation), the South African Rugby Employers’ Organisation (SAREO) and Sports Employees’ Unite (SEU) confirm establishment of a joint working group to manage the response to the crisis.
    • 3 April: The Rugby industry announces progress on an Industry Savings Plan (ISP) to safeguard the games future; plan to go through approval processes.
    • 21 April: Industry Financial Impact Plan to make significant cuts in ‘global’ South African rugby budget confirmed.
    • 15 May: Deadline expires for individuals to cancel contracts under the terms of the Industry Financial Impact Plan.

    ALSO READ: SA rugby’s financial impact plan confirmed

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