FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's coach Gordon Tietjens watches Fiji beat Canada during their rugby sevens quarter-final match at Westpac Stadium in Wellington February 3, 2006. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Samoa's rugby sevens coach Gordon Tietjens says he will not seek to renew his contract when it expires in August due to the uncertainty hanging over the international circuit from the COVID-19 pandemic.
World Rugby suspended both the men's and women's global rugby sevens circuits in March as governments closed borders, imposed travel bans and restricted large gatherings to try to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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