Finally, good news about the health situation within the XV of France.
For the first time since the first cases detected in the Blues a week ago, no player or staff member has tested positive for Covid-19, announced the French Rugby Federation on Tuesday.
A small break in a very tense health situation, since ten players - as well as the Palois Baptiste Pesenti, tested positive before having joined his partners - and four members of the management contracted the coronavirus.
The group present in Marcoussis, which undergoes tests every 24 hours, cannot yet resume collective training.
This is set, according to the health evolution of the tricolor group, Wednesday at best.
The same day, the Six Nations Tournament committee must decide in the evening whether the match against Scotland, scheduled for Sunday at the Stade de France, is maintained.
Scotland opposed to postponement
"If the decision were to go in the direction of a postponement, the match would be scheduled at the earliest possible date", warned the body.
A scenario that does not suit the Scottish federation.
In a statement sent Monday evening, she explains that "any postponement will have consequences on the availability schedule of players agreed with the clubs, which could lead to the unavailability of ten of them for selection if the match were to be reprogrammed ”.
"Today, we are ready to play the match with the players who are in the bubble, assured the vice-president Serge Simon this Monday evening in the program" Tout le sport "on France 3. It is an obstacle moreover, we will pass it.
For me there is a 100% chance of playing on Sunday and I hope to be victorious.
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