One Saints player tests positive for Covid-19 during latest round of Premiership screening

A total of 917 players and non-playing staff were tested across the league this week.

And on Wednesday afternoon, Premiership Rugby announced two people had tested positive, from two different clubs.

Of those two, one is a player and one is a member of staff. The player is understood to be from Saints.

Saints have had one player test positive in each of the past three weeks, but it is not clear if it was the same player on all three occasions.

Those who have tested positive and their close contacts isolate and are assessed in line with the PHE-agreed guidelines.

Overall, this week's results were good news for the league as the number of tests increased and the number of positive cases declined.

Saints return to action on Sunday, August 16, when Wasps are the visitors to Franklin's Gardens for the Round 14 Gallagher Premiership game.

The results so far...

Week One (July 6) - 804 players and club staff were tested. Of these, 10 people tested positive. Of those 10, six were players (one from Saints) and four non-playing staff

Week Two (July 13) - 856 players and club staff were tested. Of these, nine people tested positive. Of those nine, seven were players and two non-playing staff.

Week Three (July 20) – 896 players and club staff were tested. Of these, two players (one from Saints) tested positive.

Week Four (July 27) - 846 players and club staff were tested. Of these, five people tested positive. Of those five, four were players (one from Saints) and one was a non-playing member of staff.

Week Five (August 3) - 917 players and club staff were tested. Of these, two people tested positive. Of those two, one is a player (from Saints) and one is a non-playing member of staff.