That would be a sensible move but we are talking about the rfl

All Salford players and staff are now in quarantine. Sensible move by the club.

Under the guidelines, information that could identify anyone testing positive shouldn't be released. Pearson has clearly broken that confidentiality and could be in hot water.

Quote: Alffi_7 "Can Castleford play Catalan (or Hull KR) this week to reduce fixture congestion further down the line? This will happen again you would think, and if a team is going to miss two weeks of fixtures there will be an incredible backlog unless we can apply some flexibility to scheduling.'" I see they acted on my idea fast... https://www.totalrl.com/super-league-in ... -fixtures/

Quote: Alffi_7 "Can Castleford play Catalan (or Hull KR) this week to reduce fixture congestion further down the line? This will happen again you would think, and if a team is going to miss two weeks of fixtures there will be an incredible backlog unless we can apply some flexibility to scheduling.'" I see they acted on my idea fast... https://www.totalrl.com/super-league-in ... -fixtures/

You may be correct but think him making the statement promptly shouldn't be punished and can't see it troubling any prosecution tbh.
He's given his opinion with the facts we dont have access to yet so il take his word.
The truth will be found either way

Unless he had permission from the player (and his partner) he's broken pretty strict rules on the confidentiality of medical information covered by not only the sport's protocols but privacy laws. I suspect he was trying to prove his players hadn't been behaving irresponsibly without stopping to think about the consequences of doing so.

Surely people need to know who has tested positive in case anybody has been near to them? If I'd been in a restaurant with any Hull player over the weekend then I'd like to know if any of them were the ones who had tested positive as I would then need to isolate and get tested myself.

That’s not how track and trace works, the establishment should contact you stating you may have been in contact and should be tested and isolate for 10 days, they cannot identify to you who was the person who has tested positive to a 3rd party

Not risking livelihoods by ending the season now? Who's going to pay the players for the rest of the year if they don't play another game? Livelihoods will be under a bigger threat at that point wouldn't they?

So it would be better to spread the virus? another 45,000+ dead? for some rugby?

It is quite clear that sports can go ahead whilst Covid is around, if people can drive buses and work in shops, we just need to be dynamic.

We can make it work, just like all sports can.

No it would be better to follow the guidelines that have been put in place by the government - which as far as I can see has happened here. Everyone is being tested and everyone affected is now isolating so this localised outbreak can be contained as much as possible. Super League adjusts the fixture list to try and minimise impact further down the line, not sure what else can be done?

It was inevitable there were going to be positive tests at some point, there was in football despite the lockdown rules being much stricter back then.

You might like to know, but you have no right to know any names. If the restaurant had a record of who's been in and when, then you'd potentially be notified that you'd been close to someone who had since tested positive but that's as far as it would go. You would then need to isolate - tests are only available to the general public for those showing symptoms rlhttps://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-getting-testedrl

Worthwhile only frequenting places that take things seriously and make a record of your visit.

A valid point