Stade Toulousain in training, July 13, 2020. -

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The sentence pronounced Thursday in front of the media by Didier Lacroix was premonitory.

“Unfortunately, I think we will all go through it,” said the president of Stade Toulousain when presenting the new infrastructures of Ernest-Wallon.

Lacroix spoke of the coronavirus, which is making a strong comeback in France and therefore in rugby clubs.

This Monday,

Le Figaro

announces that three positive cases have been identified in the professional workforce Red and Black.

Contacted, the club did not react immediately.

On Friday, the day after the leader's statement, a first case was announced in Toulouse, which resulted in the cancellation of the friendly match scheduled for the same evening against Montpellier.

🚨🚨 Info @Le_Figaro: 3 positive cases for # COVID19 at Stade Toulousain, the poster against Clermont under threat # TOP14 https://t.co/IY3iDMt15K

- David Reyrat (@DavidReyrat) August 31, 2020

This time, it is competition in question, since the Top 14 resumes this weekend after six months of hiatus, with in particular an enticing Clermont-Toulouse scheduled for Sunday evening.

A first day of Top 14 already truncated?

This poster is threatened, reading the protocol published last week by the National Rugby League (LNR).

This document provides for a postponement when "three players from the professional group test positive over a period of seven rolling days following the virological tests RT-PCR" carried out three days before the meeting.

⚠ MATCH POSTPONEMENT ⚠


Following the detection of positive cases for COVID-19 within the Béziers workforce, the first day of # ProD2 is postponed to Monday 07 September!


➡ https://t.co/961VOZ3lGN pic.twitter.com/KFd8pZYSG7

- Stade Montois Rugby (@SMR_Rugby) August 31, 2020

This Monday, the match of the first day of Pro D2 between Mont-de-Marsan and Béziers, scheduled for Friday, was postponed to Monday, September 7, because of cases of Covid-19 within the Hérault club.

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