Kia ora,

Following the government announcement on Monday 24 August please find below key updates as Auckland Rugby strives to innovate and grow our community game and build a stronger rugby whanau.

Key Updates

• Auckland will operate under COVID–19 Alert Level 3 restrictions until at least midnight Sunday 30 August.
• Providing no material changes, on Monday 31 August, Auckland will move to Alert Level 2, with gatherings restricted to a maximum of 10 people until Sunday 6 September at the earliest.
• This means all Community Rugby including, Goodyear Senior Club, PIC Junior Rugby & Secondary School Rugby practices and games continue to be suspended. 
• This is subject to change and we continue to be guided by advice from the Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Education (MoE) and NZ Rugby.

Training

• Senior Clubs and Secondary Schools training may resume, at the School or Club’s discretion, under Alert Level-2 (Monday 31 August)
• All Clubs and Schools must follow strict MoH, MoE (where applicable), NZ Rugby hygiene requirements and ensure Auckland Rugby R2P protocols are met - Including 10-person bubble restrictions.
• Junior Rugby training cannot recommence before Monday 7 September and only once R2P Blueprints have been signed off and at an individual club’s discretion.

Potential Return to Play & Resumption of Competitions

• The earliest date that Community Rugby could restart is Saturday 12 September
• Auckland Rugby is working alongside the Council of Delegates, the ASSRU Executive Committee and College Sport to consider various restart options.
• No decisions have been made yet around impacts on the competitions and as the relevant committees meet any decisions made will be communicated to our stakeholders

COVID -19 ALERT LEVEL 2 - Information

https://www.aucklandrugby.co.nz/Return-2-Play-Blueprint

https://www.nzrugby.co.nz/news-and-events/covid-19/

https://covid19.govt.nz/covid-19/alert-system/alert-level-2/

We ask that you pass on all these key messages to your stakeholders and whanau.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Stay connected and stay safe.

Simon Devoy                                                              Joe Blundell

Head of Participation Development                            Auckland Club Rugby Manager

Article added: Wednesday 25 August 2020