Castleford have been awarded a 24-0 Betfred Super League victory over Huddersfield after the Giants revealed they had become the latest club to fall victim to the surge in coronavirus cases. The Tigers forfeited their last match, against St Helens last Wednesday, after being unable to raise a team and Huddersfield announced on Sunday night that one of their players returned a positive lateral flow Covid-19 test. “Castleford Tigers have been awarded a 24-0 win from their Betfred Super League fixture against Huddersfield Giants which was scheduled for July 6 after the Giants were unable to field a 17-man squad,” the RFL said in a statement. The contest is the 10th Super League game to be called off so far this year because of coronavirus. “It has now become simply impossible to field 17 players safely on Tuesday to face the Tigers.

Source: Express July 05, 2021 10:30 UTC