Ensuring games can proceed as planned and player management are among the key priorities for Super Rugby franchises as they prepare for a season hampered by the onset of the Omicron variant.
Newshub reports New Zealand has reverted to 'red’ status in the COVID-19 traffic light system and rugby is one of several sports assessing its impact and how it'll best manage the start of the inaugural Super Rugby Pacific competition on February 18th.
NZ Rugby has contingency plans in place for the competition, the most obvious being a reduction in crowd numbers.
Minister for Sport and Recreation Grant Robertson says the limit on 100 people at events could potentially be expanded and see smaller "pods" of up to 100 people congregating within the same event.
The Fijian Drua kick off their Super Rugby Pacific campaign against the Waratahs at 8.45pm on the 18th of next month in Sydney.
Moana Pasifika take on the Blues at 6.05pm on the same night.
[Source: Newshub]
