CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rugby in South Africa is aiming to restart next month after the government gave permission for matches to go ahead again without spectators.
National body SA Rugby said approval for full-contact training sessions and games was given Thursday but it will take teams around a month to be ready to play competitive matches again.
SA Rugby hasn’t announced where games will be played in a country among the worst affected in the world by the coronavirus pandemic. South Africa has more than half a million confirmed COVID-19 cases, the fifth biggest caseload in the world. It has more than half of the cases across the entire African continent. Cities like Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town, home to the biggest teams, all have high numbers of COVID-19 cases.
The relaxation of rules does not apply to any trans-national competitions and teams cannot leave or
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