World Rugby and SA Rugby on Friday announced that the hugely popular Cape Town leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, which was scheduled for December, has been called off due to ongoing challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Siviwe Soyizwapi of South Africa during day 2 of the 2019 HSBC Cape Town Sevens at Cape Town Stadium on December 14, 2019 in Cape Town.World Rugby and SA Rugby on Friday announced that the Cape Town leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, which was scheduled for December, has been called off due to ongoing challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We highly regret that we had to cancel the Cape Town Sevens for a second successive season, but unfortunately the situation with the pandemic has made it impossible for us to stage the world-class event we’ve become used to in recent years,” said SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux.
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