For now, we're playing.
The Six Nations (Tog) test monitoring group, meeting on Wednesday, decided to keep the Tournament match between the XV of France and Scotland until Sunday (4 p.m.).
The postponement, a time envisaged, was ruled out in view of the recent health developments of the Blues, already weighed down by the positive cases of Covid-19 of 11 players and four members of the staff, including his coach Fabien Galthié.
The last two collective tests organized in Marcoussis on Monday and Tuesday evening turned out to be negative for the entire French group.
Which seems to prove that the wave of contaminations that hit the Blues for a week seems to be over.
The XV of France, however, remains subject to daily tests until Sunday.
Any new case that arises at the end of the week would lead to a new meeting of the monitoring group which would then decide to postpone the meeting.
Half of Ireland's incumbents absent
Now it is up to the leaders of the Six Nations Tournament, unbeaten with two victories against Italy and Ireland, to prepare as best as possible for their third match of the competition.
Placed in solitary confinement and then sent home to rest at the end of the week, the players had to train without a ball or contact on Monday and Tuesday.
The Blues resumed high intensity sessions on Wednesday to try to make up for lost time.
To challenge Scotland, the only team to have dominated it (28-17) in the 2020 Tournament, the XV of France will be deprived of eight of the holders of victory in Ireland (15-13) ten days ago.
The Blues will have to do without their captain Charles Ollivon, the scrum half Antoine Dupont and their back Brice Dulin, elected respectively man of the match in Rome and Dublin.