Covid-19: Wasps-Clermont was almost canceled for a suspected case in the English ranks

The regional daily

reveals this Sunday that a suspicion of a Covid-19 case had been detected in a Wasps player the day before the round of 16 of the Champions Cup against Clermont.

During the installation, the day before the match, a pillar replacing the London club was extracted from the group because in a feverish state.

Discussions then took place between the EPCR and the leaders of the Wasps, the green light for the meeting being given only one hour from the kickoff!

“Learning it four hours before the game is one thing, but less than an hour is another.

We did not know if this Wasps player had the Covid or not.

The guys wondered about their health and that of their family when they returned home, ASM manager Franck Azéma told

.

The situation was ambiguous.

The difficulty for clubs is the lack of a clear rule.

We saw it with what happened with Toulon.

There isn't really a definite number of players to say whether it's playing or not.

What are we basing ourselves on? ”

Finally, the Wasps mainstay tested negative on Sunday morning.

This is not going to calm the anger and disgust on the side of the RCT, which suffered a defeat on the green carpet for the revelation of an isolated case on Wednesday ... Double weight, double measure?

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