Italy scraps rugby season amid coronavirus crisis

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Italian rugby chiefs announced Friday that they were definitely scrapping the 2019-2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Italian rugby fans during the Six Nations match against Scotland on Feb 22 in Rome. MILAN: Italian rugby chiefs announced on Friday that they were definitely scrapping the 2019-2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic.

"The decision implies the non-assignment of the Italian champion titles and of all the promotion and relegation processes. The FIR added that the decision, which involves all categories of rugby and age groups,"is unprecedented in the history of Italian rugby since the Second World War to date".Italian rugby's governing body added that"extraordinary support measures will be launched" now for"all the components" of Italian rugby in the coming weeks.

 

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