The match between French and English, scheduled for Sunday at 4.15 p.m., cannot be held, like many other European cup matches this weekend.
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The series of cancellations continues this weekend in the European Rugby Cup. Whether in the Challenge Cup or the Champions Cup, the Covid-19 is indiscriminately wreaking havoc. After Stade Toulousain-Cardiff and Toulon-Newcastle, it is now the turn of the Racing-Northampton match, counting for the 4th day of the Champions Cup, to be canceled, announced the organizer of European competitions on Saturday January 22.
This time, it is the British team, decimated by the positive cases, which will have to resolve to a 28-0 defeat, as required by the regulations. “EPCR have been informed by Northampton Saints that the club have recorded several positive Covid-19 test results among their squad for the tournament. Consequently, the club is unable to play its match of the 4th day.“, indicates the press release from the body which manages European competitions. Again, this decision risks causing people to cringe, as was the case on Friday with Toulouse, whose leaders did not understand at all, nor accepted, this defeat on green carpet.
For the Sky and White, already qualified for the round of 16, this does not change much mathematically except that the Parisians had planned to conquer the advantage of the field in the next round with a victory on the meadow.