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Affected by the Covid, Stade Toulousain in danger in the European Cup

2022-01-20T09:55:25.388Z


The European champion has a dozen positive cases in his workforce. If he had to give up the meeting against Cardiff on Saturday, the defending champion could be eliminated…


Everything is going badly at Stade Toulousain at the moment.

Three defeats in their last four meetings.

Matches canceled in abundance (one in the Champions Cup, three in the Top 14 for only two played in the last six weeks).

And now the Covid-19, which had rather spared the champion of France in recent months, invites itself in a big way.

According to information from RMC Sport and Rugbyrama, Stade Toulousain, after having already detected several cases last week, has been hit hard in recent days with ten new positive cases (players and staff included) at the start of the week.

The first line would be particularly affected.

The results of the tests carried out this Thursday will be decisive.

The holding of the decisive meeting against Cardiff, this Saturday (2 p.m.) as part of the 4th day of the Champions Cup is, for the moment, not in question.

The results of the tests carried out this Thursday will be decisive.

To avoid losing the match 28-0 on green carpet - which could lead to the defending champion's elimination from the group stage, the Stadium only has 7 points: victory against Cardiff, draw on green carpet and defeat facing the Wasps… -, the Toulouse staff took measures to avoid an outbreak of cases.

Some training sessions have been deleted.

In the best of cases, Stade Toulousain will not be as competitive as they would have liked against the Welsh.

On the side of the staff of the XV of France, we also have reason to be worried.

Ten Toulousains have been selected in the group of 42 players who will gather this Monday in Aubagne to begin the preparation course for the Six Nations Tournament.

With possible defections among the Red-and-Black...

Source: lefigaro

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