CA Brive had until then been rather spared by Covid-19. The Brive club, as part of the European health protocol, carried out several tests this week before the trip to Scotland on Friday evening. The results fell this Wednesday evening and they are heavy for the Brive club, “14 members of the club are infected with the virus”, announces the CAB in a press release. In these positives, there are players and coaches or staff members.
The club specifies that all “measures to isolate the persons concerned” have been taken. The club adds that in accordance with the health protocol of the EPCR, the organizer of the European rugby cups, the Friday evening meeting at 9 p.m. against Edinburgh is maintained.
It’s a blow for the CAB who were counting on this Challenge Cup match to test themselves before the capital meeting on Saturday January 29 at 5 p.m. against Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14, the bottom of the championship. A decisive match for the Brivistes, currently penultimate in the Top 14, to stay in the elite of French rugby.