France-Scotland should be well on Sunday (kick off 4 p.m.) at the Stade de France.
The official decision of the Six Nations Committee is expected in the afternoon but, according to our information, it is no longer in doubt.
The Committee's Monitoring Group (TOG) warned the French Federation that it was giving the green light to the meeting.
However, making a reservation.
If new cases come to light by Sunday, the game will be postponed.
A decision that satisfies both parties.
The FFR to avoid the shame of a match postponed by his fault.
The Scottish Federation, for its part, wanted the match to be maintained because, not having an agreement with the English clubs, it would have been deprived, in the event of postponement to the weekend of March 6-7, of its ten internationals, including captain Stuart Hogg, playing in the Premiership.
We can also think that the coach and the players of the XV du Chardon prefer to face a XV of France amputated of eight holders (Dupont, OIllivon, Dulin…) than the Blues in full force…
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I have no doubt that everyone involved will ensure that the environment is safe
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Richie Gray, Scottish second row
The Scottish second-line Richie Gray clearly expressed this desire on Tuesday at a press conference.
“We want the game to be played.
Obviously, you have to be sure to do it without taking any risks.
But I have no doubt that everyone involved will ensure that the environment is safe. ”
It is indeed the results of the daily tests imposed on the French players, all negative for two days, which reassured the committee of the six nations and convinced it to maintain the meeting.
If a new positive case is detected, the report will however be automatic.
Noon Olympique reveals that the Scottish government has warned the Six Nations Committee that it would ban the travel of its national team to Saint-Denis in this case.
Ten U20s called in as reinforcements to train with the XV of France
On the French side, we anticipated the formalization of this decision.
The FFR indeed announced at the beginning of the afternoon on Wednesday that it had received medical approval for the resumption of collective training today.
“No new contaminated person is identified.
Following the first two days of the week when the players performed intense physiological exercises without contact, the group resumes today a high intensity rugby activity. "
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To participate in this session, ten players from the France U20 team, "whose serological tests attest to immunity to Covid-19", were selected to complete the workforce of 31 players, reinforced this Wednesday by Toulouse's third row, Selevasio Tolofua, called in to compensate for the forfeit of Palois Baptiste Pesanti, 11th (and last?) Blue tested positive at the start of the week.
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“These players performed the two negative RT-PCR tests before joining the France group, and will be subjected to daily PCR tests like the rest of the group.
The Medical Committee declares the risk of contamination to be zero.
The 6 Nations (TOG) testing monitoring group was informed of this device and confirmed that it complied with the health protocol, ”the statement said.
It remains to cross our fingers so that these new arrivals in the health bubble of the XV of France, already pierced on all sides, do not cause a new health disaster ...
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