Scotland’s Six Nations trip to Paris on Sunday has been postponed after France reported another positive coronavirus case among their playing squad.
Tournament chiefs gave the match the go-ahead on Wednesday but have now been forced to call it off after Les Bleus’ entire squad was placed into quarantine after an 11th member of Fabien Galthie’s squad was found to have contracted the virus.
A Six Nations statement confirming the postponement reads: "A Six Nations statement reads: "The Six Nations Testing Oversight Group (TOG) met today to review the situation in the French Camp.
"They unanimously recommended the postponement of the France v Scotland match. This will be ratified later today by the Six Nations Council.
"We will be working on the rescheduling of this fixture and will communicate the date in due course."
France Rugby said in a statement earlier this morning: “Following the RT-PCR tests carried out this Wednesday, February 24 in the evening, and the appearance of a positive case within the squad of players, the FFR medical committee met this morning and decided to suspend training this day.
“The entire group is in isolation in accordance with health protocol.
“The FFR is in close contact with the Six Nations committee.”
The news will come as a major blow to Gregor Townsend’s 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.
