Premiership Rugby suspended for five weeks over coronavirus pandemic

Heineken Cup and Challenge Cup also suspended‘The safety of our fans and staff is our first priority’The Gallagher Premiership has been suspended for five weeks, next month’s Heineken European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup quarter-finals have been postponed and the Rugby Football Union has suspended all rugby activity in England until 14 April because of the coronavirus pandemic.Premiership Rugby issued a statement on Monday evening that the suspension had been made because the government said it would no longer support mass gatherings while European Professional Club Rugby, which held a boa…