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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
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     01 Jul: Two more Wallabies have been pulled out of the test squad to join their Super Rugby sides ahead of matches against the touring British and Irish Lions
     01 Jul: Levi Aumua is departing the Crusaders after two Super Rugby seasons
     30 Jun: All Blacks coach Scott Robertson' laying down a statement of intent to start the first test week of the year
     30 Jun: Tamaiti Williams has become the latest All Black to play through the pain in a Super Rugby final - then pay for it later
     30 Jun: Another All Blacks forward has been ruled out of this month's series against France
     30 Jun: Black Ferns coach Allan Bunting's made four changes to his 33-woman squad for the side's final outings before their World Cup defence, starting August 23
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