The
Springboks cancelled Sunday’s planned training session in Johannesburg as a
precautionary measure when scheduled testing protocols returned three positive
COVID-19 test results when the team assembled yesterday.
Three
players tested positive for the virus following stringent real-time polymerase
chain reaction (PCR) testing procedures on arrival at the team base.
According to SA Rugby Communications, team
management immediately put the squad into self-isolation as a precaution until
specialist medical advice is sought from the Castle Lager Lions Series Medical
Advisory Group (MAG).
“A decision
on further team activities will be made shortly.”
SA Rugby
Director of Rugby, Rassie Erasmus, emphasised that the team had followed all the necessary
precautions since the start of the three-week conditioning camp hosted in
Bloemfontein, which included mandatory COVID-19 testing three times a week and
that they would be led by specialist advice before any action is taken.
