According to RMC Sport, 9 positive cases have been detected in the Parisian ranks. The large prime time poster for this Sunday evening is therefore officially postponed to a later date. This is the fourth meeting of this 13e Top 14 day to suffer this fate.
It had to be a big party. More than 30,000 supporters expected at the Stadium where Stade Toulousain was making a comeback after two years of absence. And, patatras. The Stade Français, which was to fly this Sunday morning to the Pink City, did not take the plane. In question, the detection of ten positive cases in the Parisian ranks, according to information from RMC Sport.
“Due to the health situation of the Stade Français Paris workforce, following a series of control tests carried out today and in view of the dynamics of the occurrence of positive cases within the workforce this week, after opinion of the Expertise Committee, the Competitions Committee of the LNR meeting urgently today decided to postpone the Stade Toulousain-Stade Français Paris meeting to a later date.“, Formalized the NRL shortly before noon this Sunday.
The 13th day of Top 14 turns into a nightmare with four games canceled
The shock of Boxing Day, which was to be broadcast in prime time this Sunday evening on Canal +, therefore turns into a fiasco. The Clasico is postponed to a later date. This is the fourth meeting of this 13e Top 14 day to suffer this fate after Brive-Clermont, Racing-Pau and Toulon-Bordeaux-Bègles. Only Perpignan-Castres, whose kickoff has already been postponed to 6 p.m., should be disputed this Sunday.
This cluster that appeared in the ranks of the Stade Français Paris is quite surprising. The Parisian manager, Gonzalo Quesada, had indeed let his players spend the Christmas holidays with their family. A last training Wednesday and three days off before a reunion scheduled this Sunday morning to take the plane to Toulouse.
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