Stade Français players shut down after an epidemic of positive cases. - FRANCK FIFE / AFP

The Stade Français has decided, faced with a health situation within the club which has "deteriorated", to immediately stop all training and to place all players and sports personnel in isolation, announced the Top 14 club. in a statement Monday evening.

📃 Official press release

“Following the Covid-19 tests carried out on Monday, August 10, it appears that the health situation at Stade Français Paris has deteriorated despite compliance with the health measures in force and the instructions of the ARS. »👇 # SFParis

- Stade Français Paris (@SFParisRugby) August 10, 2020

What happened at the Nice stadium?

The club does not specify the number of its members - players and management - infected, the daily L'Equipe evoking 25 positive cases of Covid-19. "Following the Covid-19 tests carried out on Monday, August 10, it appears that the health situation of the Stade Français Paris has deteriorated despite compliance with the health measures in force and the instructions of the ARS" (Regional Health Agency), writes the club in its press release.

"In order to prevent any additional risk of contagion, in consultation with the authorities and the NRL, the decision to immediately stop all training has been taken," the text continues. “All players and sports personnel are now placed in solitary confinement, at least until August 17, and remain under the club's medical supervision. New tests will be carried out on Monday August 17, ”he explains.

Thanks for the messages of support. Big blow in our preparation, but the most important is that everyone regains health. I hope to see you soon

- Gonzalo Quesada (@GonzaloQuesada) August 11, 2020

No full training with early September?

Several Stade Français players had tested positive for Covid-19 upon their return from a training camp in Nice, the club said last Wednesday. If the current protocol is kept, players will be forced to resume at phase 2 of the protocol, namely two weeks in small groups and without contact. This would only leave 3 days to prepare for the reception of Bordeaux-Bègles, on September 4, the first day of the 2020-2021 championship. 

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