Unclear whether Nova Scotia's high school rugby ban will be lifted

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The status of high school rugby in Nova Scotia remains murky, despite a call by the province's education minister to reinstate the sport.

Zach Churchill told the province's school athletics authority to allow rugby to resume, after it was abruptly cancelled across the province without warning over safety and liability concerns last week.The Education Department said Churchill would not be available for comment Monday, but it issued a statement on his behalf repeating that the department had not been aware of the plan to cancel the current rugby season.

One of the memos issued by Stephen MacNeil, chair of the board of governors for the federation, appeared to dispute Churchill's initial statement on the matter issued Friday. "The justification for the decision was that the NSSAF breached the funding agreement with the department because the department was not informed of the proposed changes," MacNeil wrote.MacNeil was not available for further comment.

 

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