Sanzaar: Premature to talk about Super Rugby alternatives
Super Rugby chiefs say it is premature to talk about alternative fixtures after the season was suspended to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Super Rugby chiefs say it is premature to talk about alternative fixtures after the season was suspended to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen says player safety has to be the main priority after the Vodacom Super Rugby season was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The immediate future of the 2020 Vodacom Super Rugby season has been thrown into doubt after Sanzaar announced a review into the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Only one South African player has been included in Sanzaar’s Vodacom Super Rugby Team of the Week based on statistics from round-six action this past weekend.
Sanzaar says the Highlanders’ blue jersey for the match against the Vodacom Bulls was approved because there looked to be enough contrast between the teams’ kits based on a colour chart used.
Blue Bulls Company CEO Alfons Meyer has suggested he was surprised that Sanzaar gave the go ahead for the Pretoria side and the Highlanders to wear such similar kits in Saturday’s match at Loftus.
The Lions’ upcoming match against the Blues at Eden Park has been moved to an earlier kick-off time to allow for two rescheduled Sunwolves matches.
Sanzaar chief executive Andy Marinos has poured cold water over talk that South Africa could join an expanded Six Nations tournament.
Sanzaar says recent statistics found in a study on hometown referees in South African-based Vodacom Super Rugby fixtures need to be validated.
An outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in Japan is threatening to force the cancellation of Vodacom Super Rugby games involving the Tokyo-based Sunwolves.