Ospreys: Covid-hit Welsh Champions Cup trip off with Racing 92 awarded 28-0 win
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Ethan Roots and his Ospreys team-mates were no match for a Sale team including twins Tom and Ben Curry last weekend in Swansea
Covid-19 cases in the Ospreys camp mean their European Champions Cup game against Racing 92 on Saturday is off.
Tournament organisers European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) have awarded Racing a 28-0, bonus-point win "in accordance with" competition rules.
EPCR say Ospreys informed them of their Covid cases.
"As a consequence, the club is not in a position to safely fulfil its Heineken Champions Cup, Round 2 fixture against Racing 92," said EPCR.
The clubs' body added: "EPCR would like to emphasise that awarding the match to Racing 92 is a tournament management measure with the objective of ensuring that all fixtures in the 2021/22 Heineken Champions Cup are accounted for, and not a sanction."
Meanwhile, tournament bosses later announced, external all games involving French and UK teams due to take place on Saturday and Sunday would be postponed after new French travel restrictions were introduced.
France is restricting travel for those arriving from the UK amid concerns over the Omicron variant.
Friday night games, including Dragons v Lyon in the Challenge Cup, remained unaffected, as do games not involving UK-French encounters.
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But Scarlets' hopes of hosting Bordeaux-Begles on Sunday were dashed, following their inability to go to Bristol Bears last weekend because they were without 32 players who had been quarantining following their return from South Africa.
Saracens' Challenge Cup trip to Pau had already fallen victim to Covid, while Montpellier have, like Racing, been awarded a 28-0 win against Covid-hit Leinster.