Benetton postponement halts Munster momentum

The postponement comes at an unfortunate time for Munster given their winning start to the 2020-21 campaign

Munster defence coach JP Ferreira. Picture: INPHO/Bryan Keane

Munster’s positive early-season momentum could come under pressure following yesterday’s postponement of Saturday’s scheduled visit to Treviso for their Guinness PRO14 fixture at Benetton.

The round-five game was called off by league officials on advice of the PRO14 Rugby Medical Advisory group, which deemed the fixture could not go ahead after Benetton reported that three players had returned positive cases of Covid-19 and four other players had been identified as close contacts and were now isolating.