Cruel scenario for Castres Olympique. While the Tarnais were to play their Challenge Cup quarter-final on Sunday on the Leicester lawn, the club, affected by four cases of coronavirus (three players and one staff member), will not be able to play their match.
Leicester will play against Toulon or the Scarlets
The European body managing the European Cup matches (EPCR) communicated on this subject this Saturday, explaining that given the current circumstances, “Castres had to forfeit the match and Leicester qualified for the semi-finals of the Challenge European”. A semi-final which will be contested against Toulon or the Scarlets of Llanelli, who face each other this Saturday evening (9.15 p.m.).
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The EPCR, which presented its health rules a few weeks ago, explained that if it is impossible for a team to play a match because of players or staff members positive for Covid-19, then the other team would have won match. Dreams of a European exploit thus fly away for the Tarnais.
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