Premiership Rugby sets provisional date of 15 August to resume season

Date set to restart Premiership if ‘it is safe to do so’Clubs this week given green light to return to trainingPremiership Rugby has announced it hopes to resume the 2019-20 season on Saturday 15 August.The decision was taken at a board meeting on Thursday evening after this week’s announcement that Premiership Rugby clubs can return to training under Stage 1 of the process. The structure of how the remaining games in the 2019-20 season are to be played will be released at a later date.Darren Childs, Chief Executive of Premiership Rugby said: “Nothing will happen until it is safe to do so but …