Road to nationwide high school rugby tournament for high school students and below September-Available on July 18 at 0:17

The Japan Rugby Association has decided on a policy that it will be possible to hold a tournament for high school students and younger from September onwards, and will open the way to the 100th national high school rugby in December.

This May, the Japan Rugby Association will prepare guidelines that include measures to prevent infection with the new coronavirus and efforts to resume activities, and in it, step by step to increase the strength of exercise to play games. Was shown.

The Japan Rugby Association will hold a competition for high school students and younger players on and after September 1, assuming that the conditions of the players who have secured sufficient practice time are getting ready, such as the club activity restarted last month on the 17th. We have decided on a policy to make it possible.

This will open the way to the high school rugby nationwide and its qualifying, which will start in December at the Hanazono Rugby Field in Osaka and will be the 100th anniversary competition.

The Japan Rugby Association commented, "We would like to keep the player's safety as the top priority for the competition and keep an eye on the infection status of the new coronavirus."