RFU Return to rugby

Difficult to see how promotion and relegation can be valid in a truncated season. Imbalance in opposition in Home vs Away fixtures, and possible cancellations, as in RL, if a team (or even its staff or 3rd-teamers) shows up positive.

A player at Tynedale tested positive for Covid and the whole club now isn’t training. 

I do find it intriguing to read the regular announcements of numbers. The number of cases is ticking up but the number of deaths has dropped significantly, last day count was 7. It does seem that the increase in testing is identifying more people with the virus which raises the question that if we had been testing at this level in April/May would our case numbers actually have been exponentially higher? It's almost as if we have now seen most people who will die of the virus pass away and most new cases just get the virus, isolates and recovers. 

BE57 REF wrote: .... This does not support any expectation that competitive grassroots rugby will restart in Scotland any time soon. I would love to be wrong (so please correct me if I have misunderstood) - but I don't think it is helpful of NCA to suggest that Scotland will be back by 31 October, thereby creating false expectations south of the border. Separate posters have referred to Bill Sweeney looking to a November restart for the community game in England but many will regard even that as optimistic.

Edited by WEvans - 04 Sep 2020 at 15:01

Stoo The Zoom wrote: Here is a report from Rouen Normandie Rugby, apparently one of their players tested positive for the virus  "<span style="color: rgb24, 24, 24; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">In light of the new results obtained in the COVID tests on Tuesday, September 1, the medical commission of the NRL has decided to postpone the match of Friday, September 4, which was to oppose the RNR to the US Carcassonne to a later date.</span><div dir="ltr" style="outline: 0px; -sizing: border-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; -repeat: no-repeat; color: rgb24, 24, 24; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div style="outline: 0px; -sizing: border-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; -repeat: no-repeat; color: rgb24, 24, 24; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font style="outline: 0px; -sizing: border-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; -repeat: no-repeat; vertical-align: inherit;">We are very sorry for this situation because we were delighted to meet you all at Stade Mermoz to start this new season."<div dir="ltr" style="outline: 0px; -sizing: border-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; -repeat: no-repeat; color: rgb24, 24, 24; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="outline: 0px; -sizing: border-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; -repeat: no-repeat; color: rgb24, 24, 24; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font style="outline: 0px; -sizing: border-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; -repeat: no-repeat; vertical-align: inherit;">  The only emission is how long the whole team have to isolate.  <div style="outline: 0px; -sizing: border-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; -repeat: no-repeat; color: rgb24, 24, 24; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font style="outline: 0px; -sizing: border-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; -repeat: no-repeat; vertical-align: inherit;">How long before it happens here?

It has already happened several times in RL Super League - sometimes they have just changed fixtures around to get the maximum number of games in.

Blutarsky wrote: Halliford wrote: I do find it intriguing to read the regular announcements of numbers. The number of cases is ticking up but the number of deaths has dropped significantly, last day count was 7. It does seem that the increase in testing is identifying more people with the virus which raises the question that if we had been testing at this level in April/May would our case numbers actually have been exponentially higher? It's almost as if we have now seen most people who will die of the virus pass away and most new cases just get the virus, isolates and recovers.  There is a lag between a rise in case numbers and a rise in deaths. People don’t catch the virus and die immediately, but deteriorate over time before passing away.

The RFU has said its next update will be on 2nd October. The NCA website yesterday carried a statement from Bill Sweeney following the meeting that he and other sport leaders had with the Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden. I suspect that the DCMS and the Treasury are now arguing over how much funding the Government can provide to help Clubs survive the winter.

Halliford wrote: The RFU has said its next update will be on 2nd October. The NCA website yesterday carried a statement from Bill Sweeney following the meeting that he and other sport leaders had with the Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden. I suspect that the DCMS and the Treasury are now arguing over how much funding the Government can provide to help Clubs survive the winter.

Scrumtime wrote: Halliford wrote: The RFU has said its next update will be on 2nd October. The NCA website yesterday carried a statement from Bill Sweeney following the meeting that he and other sport leaders had with the Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden. I suspect that the DCMS and the Treasury are now arguing over how much funding the Government can provide to help Clubs survive the winter. That really has nothing to do with club rugby, that will all be about Prem and England set up. I'd not hold out for much hope at getting any windfall down at level 4, mind you, I think you will get the square route of sweet FA at level 2!