Psychosis rises in the ranks of the Rugby Top 14 three weeks before the resumption of the championship. A deliverance eagerly awaited after six months of forced arrest and finances in agony. A hope that could fly away. Because, last weekend, a cluster was declared within the Stade Français Paris.
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If its origin has not been determined, the timing is known. Every Monday, according to the health protocol of the Rugby League, the players of each of the fourteen teams take a PCR test. On July 27, the results of the Parisian workforce were negative. The health situation, in the words of the club, "deteriorated at the end of the training course", in Nice, from August 5. Midi Olympique and L'Équipe first announced 17 positive cases; then August 27, all without symptoms. The club, which refuses to confirm this number, closes the training center and sends all its players home to isolate themselves at least until August 17. Without certainty, the situation is so unstable.
It is common for a positive player one day to be negative the next. Or the opposite…The players
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