MELBOURNE (Reuters) -New Zealand have scrapped their home Rugby Championship tests against South Africa due to COVID-19 restrictions and pulled out of the Wallabies test in Perth next week in a decision slammed by Rugby Australia.
The New Zealand government extended a nationwide lockdown on Friday as new COVID-19 infections were discovered in the capital Wellington and case numbers jumped to 31.
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