World Rugby says tournament will be pushed back to October. FMTNews Coronavirus Covid19 WorldRugbySevensSeries
SINGAPORE: The Singapore and Hong Kong legs of the World Rugby Sevens Series have been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, World Rugby announced on Thursday.
The Singapore tournament, which was due to take place on April 11-12, will now take place on Oct 10-11, and the Hong Kong leg has been moved from April 3-5 to Oct 16-18. “This prudent decision …was taken based on the World Health Organisation and relevant public authority travel and health guidelines. …is fully supported by stakeholders, including unions and commercial partners.”
The Singapore and Hong Kong rounds were seen as key to teams’ preparations for the Tokyo Olympics rugby sevens competitions, due to run from July 27-Aug 1.
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