Union Bordeaux-Bègles players during a Top 14 match against Grenoble, March 11, 2017 at the Chaban-Delmas stadium in Bordeaux. - Nicolas Tucat / AFP

Five players from the Union Bordeaux-Bègles "caught the Covid-19", said their manager Christophe Urios, ensuring that they were fine and were now "all negative". They were affected at the "start" of the epidemic. “We did three PCR tests, the last Tuesday June 16, they are all negative. The same staff. In February, we had cases of big flu with amazing sensations. We thought precisely, in hindsight ... But ultimately, no, "he explained.

Bordeaux-Bègles, who was the championship leader when the season ended, resumed training in early June. “Since the 11th, we are on phase 2, that is to say the physical recovery, with group work, four players with a member of the staff. We quickly added skills to allow us to resume the basics, the sensations, "added the manager, champion of France in 2018 with Castres and arrived in Bordeaux-Bègles in 2019.

The National Rugby League has established a medical protocol of at least thirteen weeks and punctuated by five stages before professional players return to competition. The 2020-2021 season is supposed to start on September 4

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