(ANSA-AFP) - PARIS, 25 FEB - The match between France, decimated by many cases of Covid-19, and Scotland, scheduled for Sunday as part of the Six Nations rugby tournament, has been postponed.
This was announced by the monitoring committee of the SeiNazioni.
The commission "unanimously recommended the postponement of the France-Scotland match. We are working on the postponement date for this match and will communicate it in due course".
According to AFP information, the match between France and Scotland would not be rescheduled for the weekend of 6 and 7 March. "Any postponement will affect the availability of players agreed with the clubs, which could result in ten of them being unavailable for selection if the match is rescheduled," the Scottish Federation said on Monday as several players, including Captain Stuart Hogg, are to be placed. available to their clubs.
This morning the French Rugby Federation announced that a new French player had tested positive, bringing the number of Covid-19 cases in the ranks of the Blues to sixteen: twelve players, eight of whom have started the tournament, plus four members of the management , including coach Fabien Galthié. (ANSA-AFP).