The Toulon-La Rochelle rugby match counting for the 15th day of Top 14 scheduled for Sunday January 9, postponed due to Covid. The RCT being in “inability to play“ announced the National Rugby League. In a press release, the NRL explains that “following a series of control tests provided for by the Covid-19 protocol of the NRL, the Rugby Club Toulonnais and Montpellier Hérault Rugby respectively requested the postponement of the meetings “. Also postponed Sunday’s meeting between Stade Toulousain and Montpellier Hérault Rugby.
a meeting already postponed by a day
Initially scheduled for Saturday, the trip from La Rochelle (5th, 36 pts) to Toulon (11th, 22 pts) had already been postponed by one day after the detection of “new positive cases” for Covid-19 within the RCT which in numbered about twenty. According to the NRL press release, eight Toulon players were still in isolation at the time of the match and the Var club could not field the six required front row players by regulation. In total, since the start of the season, nine teams have at least one game late, the RCT being the club most affected since the reception of Stade Rochelais is its third postponed game. The matches of this 15th day of Top 14 are postponed to later dates, communicated later.