Rugby: Top League season delayed due to COVID-19 outbreak

The Japan Rugby Football Union said Thursday that the start of the 2021 Japan Rugby Top League season will be pushed back to early or mid-February and the competition format modified because of multiple COVID-19 outbreaks among players and staff.The decision was made after 18 new coronavirus cases among three teams were confirmed on Thursday, two days after 44 people from three teams tested positive for the virus, casting doubt over the league's ability to operate safely in a pandemic."We still have players that have to be retested or confirmed as having had close contact with those infecte…READ FULL ARTICLE