{"id":174,"date":"2021-07-07T21:27:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T15:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=121945"},"modified":"2021-07-07T21:30:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T16:00:11","slug":"south-africa-vs-georgia-rugby-match-called-off-after-players-tests-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/other-sports\/south-africa-vs-georgia-rugby-match-called-off-after-players-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa vs Georgia Rugby match called off after players tests positive for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s Test match against Georgia in Johannesburg on Friday has been cancelled due to Covid-19 infections in both camps. <span style=\"text-transform: initial\">This week the Springbok management and playing group returned 12 positive tests for Covid-19, while Georgia had returned four.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Springboks have been forced to take preventative measures for the second time during the build-up to the Test series against the British and Irish Lions, which opens in Cape Town on July 24.<\/p>\n<p>After the South African provincial team returned several positive Covid-19 tests the Lions\u2019 match against Vodacom Bulls on Saturday has been postponed. <span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cIn the context of the loss of life and economic damage that COVID and this third wave are wreaking, the cancellation of a rugby match is pretty trivial,\u201d said Jurie Roux, CEO of SA Rugby in a statement to Sky Sports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it is still a major disappointment for the many stakeholders who have invested so much time, energy and resources into making these matches happen. <span style=\"text-transform: initial\">We continue to plan for the Springboks\u2019 re-emergence from isolation and the completion of the Test series but in the short-term, we wish a speedy recovery for those who have been infected,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"grid__col site-layout-secondary__col1 \">\n<div id=\"widgetLite-8\" class=\"article\" data-fn=\"article-advert\" data-lite=\"true\">\n<div id=\"widgetLite-9\" class=\"article__body article__body--lead\" data-fn=\"article-outbrain\" data-lite=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/rugby-union\/news\/12321\/12349746\/south-africa-vs-georgia-off-after-covid-disruption\">\n<p>In order to comply with Covid-19 protocols, the enlarged Springbok squad\u2019s travel plans are now being reviewed.\u00a0<span style=\"text-transform: initial\">A South Africa \u2018A\u2019 team is scheduled to play the British & Irish Lions at Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday, July 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s playing and management group returned 12 positive coronavirus tests, while Georgia returned four ahead of the second Test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":23317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[2195,1016,2138,254,2190,1987],"class_list":["post-174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","tag-cape-town-stadium","tag-georgia","tag-sa-rugby","tag-south-africa","tag-springbok","tag-springboks"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}