Exeter have been awarded a 28-0 Premiership Rugby Cup third-round win after opponents Tub have been unable to subject a crew resulting from coronavirus and accidents.
The edges have been scheduled to satisfy on the Recreation Floor on Wednesday, December 29, however with the Somerset membership’s squad depleted, they didn’t have sufficient front-row forwards to start out the sport.
A Premiership Rugby spokesperson stated on Monday afternoon: “Because the event organiser, Premiership Rugby has to rule on all match cancellations. We should decide if the match cancellation is because of Covid-19 or resulting from different components.
“This match was cancelled as a result of mixture of optimistic instances, accidents and unavailabilities leaving Tub Rugby unable to fulfil its fixture obligations underneath the Premiership Rugby Cup laws as a result of the membership had inadequate front-row forwards.
“Due to this fact the match is awarded to Exeter Chiefs 28-0, with the Chiefs receiving 5 match factors.”
The sport was known as off final Monday, at which level Tub have been hopeful of with the ability to subject a crew for his or her Gallagher Premiership journey to London Irish on January 3.
The membership stated on the time: “We’ve got labored arduous to discover a resolution, together with sourcing further gamers; nonetheless, a mix of Covid-related participant absences and current accidents means an inadequate variety of front-row forwards can be found to fulfil a matchday 23.
“Moreover, there may be not sufficient time so as to add any additional gamers to our squad who we could be assured are Covid-free, and with a Gallagher Premiership fixture scheduled throughout the subsequent seven days, the security of our wider squad and workers have to be paramount.”
The London Irish fixture was additionally subsequently postponed following additional optimistic Covid-19 checks throughout the Tub camp.
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