Premiership Rugby statement

[Rossm]

Bloody disgrace from the castrati at PRL.

[HDAWG]

What a load of BS. Castres have to forfeit against Leicester but Sale can postpone? What a load of rubbish.

If they treated all games the same I wouldn't be this frustrated.

[Dgwasp]

This doesn't seem right at all.  It is completely against guidance from Government and not what they had agreed within their own rules. PRL are again just taking the easiest option given to them which is to do nothing.

I think in sport things should be settled on the field, however when there is a serious pandemic in place we all need to be careful and respect the safety of others.

What happens if come Wednesday Worcester have an issue? Who gets the points? Also, if Glos is definitely off and they have points it changes the complection of the game for Wuss as it becomes a dead rubber.

[Shugs]

What a cock up. It's clear Sale should forfeit. If they have a lot of cases they surely have to isolate 14 days. The playing field just became unlevel. More rest, sight of what's happened etc etc.

[Neils]

So so wrong. Total cop out by PRL BUT what do we expect.

[RogerE]

Now that Sale have an advantage, in knowing what points they will need, I can imagine that the billionaire owners of Bath and Bristol will make a lot of trouble if either of them miss out because of this.

[MarleyWasp]

Gloucester v Northampton is off as due to the number of Northampton players required to isolate, they only had one hooker and one tighthead available. They asked for permission to bring in players on loan so the game could go ahead but were told no.

[Neils]

Donkeys awarded a 5 point victory according to Fissler on twatter.  Asking how does that work.

If it is good for one match it should be for both.

[backdoc]

There is going to be a shitstorm about this. They have to call the Sale game off.

[Rossm]

Here is .jpg file of Saints Club Statement.
Single click to enlarge.

[HDAWG]

What a load of - how can Sale play but Saints can't? What?

[Rossm]

This is getting quite ridiculous. Sale game should now be cancelled. It is a disgrace that Saints have to cancel and forfeit the game, yet Sale can go ahead with their game and have the considerable foreknowledge of what they must to do.

[RBB]

So that puts Gloucester on 45 points (I assume a forfeited match attracts 4 points), meaning Wuss can't catch them. Sale also handed a massive advantage in the run in. Wasps have to focus on their own game now.

But...I cannot see this ending tidily.

[Raggs]

Absolutely ludicrous. I too cannot see this ending well.

A game that can be delayed for 2 weeks, has been cancelled, a game that has almost not time to be delayed at all, is still on.

[Rossm]

So that puts Gloucester on 45 points (I assume a forfeited match attracts 4 points), meaning Wuss can't catch them. Sale also handed a massive advantage in the run in. Wasps have to focus on their own game now.

But...I cannot see this ending tidily.

A forfeited match has the 'score' 20-0, being 4 tries, thus Glaws get 5 points.