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"The Tournament will be played," says Bernard Laporte

2021-01-10T18:53:03.114Z


While the European rugby calendar is greatly disrupted by the Covid-19, the president of the FFR Bernard Laporte made reassuring remarks concerning the organization of the Six Nations Tournament, at the microphones of RMC. "It's a puzzle, but I don't think we should be alarmed for ...


While the European rugby calendar is greatly disrupted by the Covid-19, the president of the FFR Bernard Laporte made reassuring remarks concerning the organization of the Six Nations Tournament, at the microphones of RMC.

"It's a puzzle, but I believe that we should not be alarmed for the Six Nations Tournament", he declared, before continuing: "The Tournament will be played, with a sanitary protocol dictated by the government, and linked to this mutant virus. ”

To confirm his statements, Bernard Laporte gave the example of the 2020 edition, which ended in October: “Everything went well in the fall, it will be the same for the Tournament in come, I'm not more worried than that. "

Several meetings planned for this purpose 

In order to prepare for the smooth running of the tournament, a meeting will take place next week at the Ministry of Sports: “We have a meeting with the ministry, and with the Council of VI Nations as well.

But we already talk to each other every day, and at this time, there is no question of considering anything, except that we will play the Tournament. "

Asked about the possibility of doing this 2021 edition in one and the same place, especially in France according to information from L

a Provence

, Bernard Laporte does not rule out this hypothesis, even if it is not envisaged at the actual hour.

“If we were in a totally uncomfortable situation, we could consider a solution like football did, by all coming together in a bubble, yes.

For the moment, there is no question of it.

After that, if it was the sine qua non for playing, we would, that's obvious.

And the ideal would be to do it in France, with the final in Gaillac ”, jokes the boss of French rugby. 

Regarding the six-nation women's tournament and the under-20s, the organization of the competition could be done "in April, May, or June", even if "nothing has been decided yet".

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