The long weekend brought some much-needed cheer for the sport when the plan to have local professional rugby restart on June 5 made it into the public domain, but that was quickly followed by a reality check.

The plan to get rugby started within two months arrived with the news that players and their representatives had accepted the high price — a 40% pay cut for some — they may have to pay for the coronavirus intervention and the expected R200m loss that SA Rugby could incur...

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