Oceania Rugby has confirmed the U20 Championship has been postponed as a result of the ongoing COVID outbreak.
The tournament was set to be contested between Australia and New Zealand, with the Junior Wallabies looking to back up their efforts from 2019.
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It was scheduled to take place on Tuesday 6th and Saturday 10th July 2021 at Bond University on the Gold Coast.
However, with multiple states across the country still under lockdown and uncertainty remaining around border controls, the decision was made to postpone next week's tournament.
"Following consultation with Rugby Australia and New Zealand Rugby, who were due to contest the title, Oceania Rugby announced today the tough decision to postpone the 2021 Oceania Rugby U20 Championship," they said in a statement
"Due to the current COVID-19 outbreak in Australia Oceania Rugby with the two teams determined the evolving border restrictions presented unavoidable challenges in teams and officials assembling for the matches."
"After successfully staging the 2021 PacificAus Sports Oceania Rugby Sevens in Townsville last weekend we were looking forward to the U20 Championship returning to Bond University next week," Oceania Rugby General Manager Bruce Cook said.
"This current interruption to our competition programme is unfortunate but is the appropriate decision for the health and safety of the participating teams and tournament staff.”
The organisation confirmed they will look to re-schedule the event to a date later in the year.
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