Covid-19 a blessing for pro rugby
Nov 14, 2020
3 minutes
MARK KEOHANE
IT may not quite be a year from now, but sooner rather than later, history will reflect professional rugby’s revolution only came about because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
And the revolution was necessary for the sport’s survival.
Rugby, in comparison to other sports, is a professional pup. The game may have gone professional in 1996, but weighted against every other established global professional sporting code, rugby as a paid profession is only in its infancy.
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