All Blacks cancel fixtures against Australia and South Africa due to Covid-19 travel restrictions

The All Blacks, the New Zealand men's rugby team, have canceled two tests against South Africa and a match against Australia because of Covid-19 travel restrictions.

New Zealand is currently under lockdown restrictions until at least Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. local after discovering an outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus in the country. Authorities have since uncovered another 30 active cases, including 11 locally transmitted infections that were announced on Friday. The team were scheduled to face the Wallabies -- the Australia men's rugby team -- this Saturday in Perth, Australia, for the third Bledisloe Cup Test match -- a series between the two nations -- and the nation's second match of the Rugby Championship, a test series contested between New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Argentina.