Champions Cup chiefs are poised to indefinitely postpone the tournament tomorrow following a board meeting that will occur via a conference call.
EPCR were due to meet before the end of the week to determine if the Leinster v Saracens clash would have to go behind closed doors on April 4, and then Toulouse v Ulster game the following day.
But events have overtaken those initial plans with the spread of coronavirus and, with rugby on lockdown for the foreseeable future, it is expected that the plug will be pulled on the last eight ties in the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup for now.
The PRO14 championship was put on hold late last week as the IRFU introduced a blanket ban for the domestic game.
Afterwards, the EPCR issued a statement that concluded: "An update regarding the matches will be communicated as soon as practicable, and in the meantime, EPCR remains fully supportive of the preventative measures which have been introduced to date in the interest of overall public health and will respect further directives by governments and local authorities."
While there is optimism that the Six Nations can be completed by the end of October, it is not known when the postponed club games will be run off.
