{"id":9427,"date":"2021-03-01T08:27:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T08:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/south-africa-back-to-lockdown-level-1-what-does-that-mean-for-schoolboy-rugby\/"},"modified":"2021-03-01T08:27:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T08:27:26","slug":"south-africa-back-to-lockdown-level-1-what-does-that-mean-for-schoolboy-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=9427","title":{"rendered":"South Africa back to Lockdown Level 1 &#8211; What does that mean for schoolboy rugby?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-9426\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GatheringsLevel1.png\" alt=\"GatheringsLevel1\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GatheringsLevel1.png 1024w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GatheringsLevel1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GatheringsLevel1-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/>It has been a long year without schoolboy rugby but after President <strong>Cyril Ramaphosa&#8217;s<\/strong> announcement, last night that South Africa will move to Lockdown Level 1 we as a school rugby community are one step closer to seeing the game we love played in the manner that only schoolboys can.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa&#8217;s announcement during the country&#8217;s &#8220;family meeting&#8221; on Sunday provided a spark of hope amongst school rugby followers, players, coaches, and their parents about the possibility of the game getting back to being played.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is however that we will only see the first schools&#8217; rugby matches by the middle of April. Schools are already following the conditions put out by the South African Rugby Union (Saru) in their return-to-play strategy for amateur teams and their players.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>South African Schools&#8217; Rugby Association<\/strong> (Sasra) officially announced the protocols that need to be adhered to before teams could play each other on the 15th of January 2021. The protocols included four weeks of non-contact training and moving to four weeks of contact training in phase 2.<\/p>\n<p>Saru has also started a virtual coaching roll-out plan for schools&#8217; rugby which runs from 4 March until 1 April 2021. The first matches according to the protocols and conditions could therefore be played after the 15th of April 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Schools and tournament organisers are already getting ready to start their season in mid-April. The annual <strong>Barloworld Toyota Menlyn Noord\/Suid<\/strong> and <strong>Wildeklawer<\/strong> tournaments seem to be the biggest that will still be held in 2021. <strong>Monument<\/strong> of Krugersdorp and <strong>Kearsney College<\/strong> of Durban are celebrating their centenaries this year.<\/p>\n<p>Monnas will be celebrating their 100th year with a rugby day on the 24th of April, while Kearsney was to planning to celebrate their centenary with their annual Easter Festival, but will have to make other plans this year.<\/p>\n<p>If the status quo stays the same the Craven Week would also be a reality for 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#StepUpStepOut #ReturnToPlay #Covid19 #LockdownSA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[powr-comments id=&#8221;4e1f70c7_1614586579546&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a long year without schoolboy rugby but after President Cyril Ramaphosa&#8217;s announcement, last night that South Africa will move to Lockdown Level 1 we as a school rugby community are one step closer to seeing the game we love played in the manner that only schoolboys can. 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