- Seven fresh cases come as a huge blow for club
- Premiership Rugby says it made decision to cancel
Sale’s postponed Premiership match against Worcester has been officially called off after the Sharks received a significant number of further positive Covid-19 tests on Wednesday morning.
The Sharks had pledged to forfeit the match, handing Worcester a 20-0 victory, in the event of any more positives and the club has stated that five more players and two members of staff have been infected, in addition to the 19 from last week’s round of testing. Confusing matters, however, Premiership Rugby says that its review panel has taken the decision to cancel the match, rather than Sale forfeit, and that there were eight additional cases. Sale insist there were seven, as well as one damaged sample.
Written by Gerard Meagher
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/oct/07/sale-forfeit-key-premiership-match-against-worcester-after-new-covid-tests under the title “Sale ‘devastated’ after Worcester match is called off amid fresh covid cases”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
