Interesting find by Charlie Morgan
https://twitter.com/charliefelix/status/1561442970510974979?s=21&t=u_nKy9csteg_PGdvdvt31w5.5.9 Upon an affected Club’s application the RFU may in its absolute discretion reduce or waive in its entirety any sanction that would otherwise apply to a Club under Regulations 5.5.5 to 5.5.8 where it is satisfied that the Insolvency Event would not have occurred but for an event or circumstance which was beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the affected Club and which by the exercise of reasonable diligence the affected Club was unable to prevent, including (but not limited to): riot, war, invasion, act of foreign enemies, acts of terrorism, earthquakes, flood, fire or other physical natural disaster, strikes at national level or industrial disputes at a national level and any epidemic or pandemic as categorised as such by the UK Government and/or the World Health Organisation.