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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Gavin Quinn

Munster's PRO14 clash against Benetton postponed after Covid-19 outbreak at Italian side

Munster's PRO14 clash against Benetton has been postponed.

The Irish province were due to travel to Treviso to face the Italian side this weekend, but the fixture has been pulled after a Covid-19 outbreak at Benetton.

Benetton have had three players test positive for Covid-19 and have also lost four other players to self isolation as close contacts.

The PRO14 Rugby Medical Advisory Group then made the decision to postpone the game, with early 2021 being targeted for the clash to be rescheduled.

A Munster Rugby statement read: "The Round 5 Guinness PRO14 fixture between Benetton Rugby and Munster Rugby has been postponed.

"The game was due to take place on Saturday, November 7 in Treviso, however, Benetton have reported that three players have returned positive cases of Covid-19 and that four other players identified as close contacts are now isolating.

"Having considered all of the available evidence, the PRO14 Rugby Medical Advisory Group has deemed that this fixture cannot go ahead as scheduled.

"PRO14 Rugby will examine potential dates in early 2021 to reschedule the game."

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