IF there were questions about PRL being fit for purpose before Sale’s Covid outbreak, its fog of indecision over what to do about the Premiership play-offs when the club announced they had 19 positive cases -which later increased to 27 - gave us confirmation it is not.
The PRL rules introduced before the league’s resumption in August stipulated that teams unable to play matches “due to illness following Covid-19 will be forced to forfeit their fixture”, with their opponents given a 20-0 bonus-point victory.
Sale were in an unenviable position, but, despite their DoR ...