Samoa Rugby Union fully supports yesterday’s decision by World Rugby to cancel the remaining legs of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020.
Chief Executive Officer Faleomavaega Vincent Fepulea’i said it’s the right call given the Global impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on global events.
“The death toll in some of the host Countries such as UK, France and Asia is still a huge risk we cannot afford to have our players exposed to, given our Country’s small population,” he said.
Since the declaration of the State of Emergency by the government, Samoa Rugby Union has followed all lockdown conditions and worked closely with sub-unions to ensure everyone keeps within the parameters of SOE orders.
“Our Government has done a lot of precautionary measures to keep the Coronavirus away and SRU will continue to do our part to ensure we stay free of the deadly virus”.
On the domestic scene, SRU has plans, that have to be finalized by the Board, for national tournaments to start later this year.
Sub unions have been given the chance to run shortened competitions before the start of the national tournaments.
Faleomavaega said SRU Board and Management will start the selection process for the head coaches of Manu Samoa XV and Manu Samoa 7’s soon.
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