New Zealand's good fortune in being able to return to preparation for sport, especially in rugby and netball, has been highlighted by comparisons with South Africa.
Stormers coach John Dobson said while it was encouraging rugby was returning somewhere, there was a big difference between New Zealand and South Africa at the moment.
Dobson said while New Zealand appeared to have controlled the coronavirus pandemic, South Africans were told their peak may only hit in a few months.
"We are in the hands of the government, and obviously we are all very eager to get back onto the playing field and resume competition, but I think that is some way off," he told supersport.com.
When the Super Rugby competition was suspended in mid-March, the feeling among South Africa's coaches was that they could start rugby with three weeks notice.
But that view has changed and a return would now take more than two months.
"At that stage we still had a high level of readiness to play again, but now we would need to have a proper, full-season with warm-up fixtures just before the resumption of competition to get the players ready to take contact.
"It was initially one week of preparation required for every two weeks away from the field, but that has swung around. We'd need a minimum of six weeks now," he said.
Just what hoops teams may have to jump through to return to competitive action, behind closed doors, was apparent in the 41-page document prepared for players to return in German soccer's Bundesliga.
Under those guidelines, players could be asked to wash their playing gear and there would be times when they went straight home, or to their hotel, to change out of their match equipment rather than have the traditional communal shower.
Players have to travel in their cars to stadiums when playing at home and if a team bus was needed for away games, the bus would have to be disinfected before players board.
Teams would have to arrive at separate times, arriving and leaving from different parts of the stadium.
It could be expected that because more contact was involved in rugby, the guidelines might be more extensive.
That is why other countries are taking such an interest, not only in the playing of rugby in New Zealand but the guidelines required to achieve that.
It was understood that New Zealand's situation was a little different because of the apparent success in flattening the virus, but it would an example of what would be required as a minimum by other countries.