The North-South inter island rugby match remains in doubt following the Government's latest alert level announcement.
Jordie Barrett in action for the Hurricanes. Photo: Photosport
The match was initially scheduled for this Saturday at Eden Park but New Zealand Rugby pushed the date back by a week to September 5th due to Auckland being at alert level three.
NZR were supposed to confirm today whether the game would be played as planned and whether it would remain in Auckland or be moved to Wellington.
That confirmation has now been delayed untitl tomorrow.
The Government announced this afternoon that Auckland would remain at alert level three until Monday, before moving to level two for at least a week.
The rest of the country will stay at level two until at least Sunday, September 6th.
That means if the game were to go ahead on Saturday week, in either location, it would be without a crowd.
However Auckland will have a ten person limit on gatherings at level two, rather than 100, which could affect Eden Park's ability to host the match.
The North and South teams would likely have to assemble in Auckland or Wellington on Monday week.