Victory by forfeit (28-0) for Toulouse, Lyon and La Rochelle
Toulouse, Lyon and La Rochelle were declared enhanced winners (28-0) by forfeit for the 2nd day of the European Cup, their opponents not being able to present a team for health security reasons linked to Covid-19.
In what was the most salivating poster of the weekend, spoiled by the pandemic with 4 out of 12 matches canceled or postponed, Toulouse is therefore full of points in the standings (5) against Exeter (0), like Lyon against Glasgow and La Rochelle against Bath.
Before the start of the day on Friday, La Rochelle takes the lead in pool A (9 points) like Toulouse and Lyon in pool B (10). An excellent operation, without effort, for these three French clubs on their way to the quarter-finals.
If the EPCR clarified the situation of these three matches by giving the loser, unsurprisingly, the clubs which “were not able to field a team due to the unavailability of many players placed in isolation” ( Glasgow and Bath) or having “several positive cases of Covid-19” (Exeter), the fate of Scarlets – Toulon is still unclear.
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