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    Any English Premiership club unable to field a team because of positive covid-19 cases in their squad could be handed a 20-nil defeat when the season resumes this weekend

    Any English Premiership club unable to field a team because of positive covid-19 cases in their squad could be handed a 20-nil defeat when the season resumes this weekend


    A panel will ratify the punishment.

    The season has been suspended since March and will now play before empty stadiums.



    Meanwhile, the Black Lives Matter movement will get support in the form of pre-match gestures.

    Bath have opted for a huddle, Bristol will form a heart and Gloucester and Worcester are executing V-formations.

    Exeter will show their "full support", Leicester and Wasps are taking knees and Harlequins, Northampton, Sale and Saracens will don T-shirts.

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     Other Rugby News
     04 Nov: New Zealand won't have the presence its had in previous years, at today's 165th running of the Melbourne Cup
     04 Nov: Meanwhile, the All Blacks have completed a gym session in preparation for the test against Scotland
     03 Nov: Anxiousness among the All Blacks coaching cohort as they await a scan on Jordie Barrett's leg ahead of game two on their grand slam tour in Scotland
     03 Nov: The availability of Scott and Jordie Barrett for this weekend's All Blacks test against Scotland in Edinburgh will be decided overnight New Zealand time
     02 Nov: All Blacks coach Scott Robertson is praising the two youngsters that helmed the second row in the 26-13 win over Ireland in Chicago
     02 Nov: The All Blacks have gone some way to vanquishing the demons of Soldier Field from nine years ago, with a 26-13 win over Ireland in Chicago
     02 Nov: A final-quarter blitz has helped the All Blacks take down Ireland 26-13 in their opening Grand Slam tour test in Chicago
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