The Champions Cup clash between Racing 92 and Northampton Saints in France on Sunday has been cancelled due to a number of positive COVID-19 cases in the English side, European Professional Club Rugby said on Saturday.
Racing 92 were awarded the Pool A tie 28-0 and five match points, in accordance with competition rules. "EPCR would like to reiterate that awarding the match to Racing 92 is a tournament management measure with the objective of ensuring that all fixtures in the 2021/22 Heineken Champions Cup are accounted for, and not a sanction," EPCR said in a statement.The latest cancellation comes after champions Toulouse's game against Cardiff was called off nL1N2U11IT due to COVID-19 on Friday.
Toulouse said after the cancellation that they had enough players to fulfil the fixture, adding that they would take legal action against EPCR over the decision to announce it as a forfeit and give Cardiff the win. EPCR also said on Friday that Union Bordeaux-Begles would be unable to fulfil the Champions Cup fixture against Leicester Tigers after recording a"number of COVID-19 cases" in their squad.
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