- 12 players including Robshaw went out for dinner in London
- Officials searching for replacements to fill Barbarians squad
England’s autumn curtain-raiser has been plunged into chaos after the former national captain Chris Robshaw was one of 12 Barbarians players to go on an unauthorised night out on Wednesday, breaching strict Covid protocols and placing Sunday’s match at Twickenham in serious doubt. The dozen have been banished from the squad and the famous annual fixture will be called off if the Barbarians cannot find enough replacements by Friday afternoon.
The Guardian has been told that Robshaw and a number of the squad’s Saracens contingent, understood to include Richard Wigglesworth, Sean Maitland and Jackson Wray, were among 12 players who went out for dinner in central London. The Barbarians have strongly denied that any heavy drinking was involved but the players contravened a Covid code of conduct they had all agreed to.
Written by Gerard Meagher
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/oct/22/england-v-barbarians-under-threat-after-visiting-players-breach-covid-protocols under the title “England v Barbarians at risk after Chris Robshaw and others breach protocols”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
