{"id":20029,"date":"2021-02-25T10:49:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T14:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=20029"},"modified":"2021-02-25T10:49:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T14:49:21","slug":"france-scotland-game-postponed-after-another-positive-case-in-french-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=20029","title":{"rendered":"France\/Scotland Game Postponed After Another Positive Case In French Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Scotland\u2019s Guinness Six Nations trip to Paris on Sunday has been postponed after France reported another positive coronavirus case among their playing squad.<\/p>\n

The game has been in major doubt all week following an outbreak among Fabien Galthie\u2019s tournament favorites.<\/p>\n

Organizers ordered daily testing before announcing on Wednesday that this weekend\u2019s Stade de France clash would go ahead following a full sweep of negatives results.<\/p>\n

But less than 24 hours later they have been forced to shelve the Saint-Denis showdown, with the entire Les Bleus squad placed into quarantine after the French Rugby Federation reported an 11th player had contracted the virus.<\/p>\n

The news will come as a major blow to Gregor Townsend\u2019s Scots, who fear they will be without 10 of their biggest stars if the game is moved to a date outside of the international window.<\/p>\n

The Six Nations said in a statement: \u201cThe Six Nations Testing Oversight Group met today to review the situation in the French camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey unanimously recommended the postponement of the France v Scotland match. This will be ratified later today by the Six Nations council.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be working on the rescheduling of this fixture and will communicate the date in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n

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