REPORT: Covid-19 hits Sharks

NEWS: Three Sharks players have tested positive for COVID-19.

As part of the return-to-training protocol 80 contracted players and team management members underwent COVID-19 tests, and according to Netwerk24  three cases returned with positive results.

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Sharks CEO, Eduard Coetzee, revealed to Netwerk24 the three players, who are not part of the Super Rugby squad, have been isolated and will be monitored appropriately.

"We have three positive cases after 80 players and staff underwent the test," Coetzee told Netwerk24.

"Those who tested positive are not part of the Super Rugby squad,"

He added: "They are asymptomatic and have been isolated."

The three positive cases bring the total of professional rugby players affected in South Africa to seven.

Lions team doctor Rob Collins, on Monday, confirmed to rugby365com, that one player and a member of the management staff tested positive.

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While two Western Province players have tested positive for Coronavirus.

The two players is an Under-21 player and an uncapped Stormers squad member.

Media reports also revealed that Cheetahs-bound flank Andisa Ntsila was the first to test positive for Covid-19.

Source: Netwerk24