Like other sports federations, Uganda Rugby Union (URU) has felt the pinch, tricking down to the most important stakeholders, the players.

But the biggest hit for the national Rugby Sevens team players, majority of them students or unemployed and therefore struggling to make ends meet, has come in terms of unpaid monthly allowances.

The next trip was due around this time in Biarritz, France for the final Olympics qualifying tournament (June 20-21) before heading to Hong Kong with the Safari Sevens and Africa Cup also waiting.

During a Zoom meeting organized by Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) to discuss how athletes can keep active during the ongoing lockdown on sport last weekend, Rugby Sevens Cranes captain Michael Wokorach, inquired on why his team had stopped receiving payment despite having running contracts.

"I would like to know if National Council (of Sports) is still sending money to federations in this period because since lockdown, we have not received the allowances we are supposed to get as national team players," Wokorach said.