Super Rugby Pacific: Hurricanes confirm Covid outbreak in their squad

Covid-19 has moved through to its next team in Super Rugby Pacific as the Hurricanes have confirmed an outbreak in the squad.

Hurricanes assistant coach Chris Gibbes announced the news but did not say how many players were affected.

“What I can confirm is that we have got Covid in the environment, I’m just not at liberty to tell you who and how many players we’ve got,” he told the New Zealand Herald. “But it’s in the environment and we’re working really hard to manage it.”

The Hurricanes are still aiming to prepare as a squad for their clash with Moana Pasifika this weekend.

“We’re preparing to take on these guys this weekend, and that’s what we’re focussed on.

“What we can control is making sure we stay healthy and we’re doing everything we can in that space.

“We kind of knew it was coming and we prepared really well for it so from a whole organisation perspective we just need to make sure we can get a team out and get our performance going again this weekend.”

Gibbes noted that there are several injury concerns within the side, including their talismanic captain Ardie Savea who suffered a knock to the knee in their last outing.

“These New Zealand games are massive in terms of the physicality and it takes a lot out of the body, but it normally takes us a little while to get our head around who is going to be available or not so we’re still in that space,” he said.

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