Never two without three ! After the postponement of Racing – Pau and Toulon – UBB, recorded on Friday, another match of the 13th day of Top 14 will not take place. This is the derby between Brive and Clermont, scheduled for Sunday at 6 p.m. It’s the everyday The mountain who revealed that several Clermont players were positive for Covid-19. Tests were carried out on Friday. The date of the postponement of the match is not yet known.
This is the first time this season that a Top 14 day has been impacted due to Covid.
The NRL however tightened its anti-Covid protocol a few weeks ago, by forcing non-vaccinated or Covid-19 negative players in the last three months to perform daily antigen or PCR tests, instead of three times a week . It was also compulsory to wear a mask, outside of periods of physical effort. According to the NRL, 97% of Top 14 and ProD2 players have an up-to-date vaccination.
As of December 23, the Competitions Committee of the LNR, in agreement with the broadcaster Canal +, had decided to reschedule the La Rochelle-Lyon meeting, initially scheduled for Monday December 27 at 7 p.m., to this same Monday at … 9:05 p.m., that is to say at the same time as Toulon-UBB. It was, thus, to anticipate a possible cancellation of this last meeting.
This being now effective, Canal + will have, at least, another match to offer to its subscribers in prime time to complete this weekend of Boxing Day, an appointment established in 2009 by the NRL on the model of football English ,, fairly truncated with an unwanted guest named coronavirus.
