France's Six Nations match against Scotland will go ahead as planned this weekend, despite Les Bleus being hit by a Covid outbreak.
The match was in considerable doubt after France head coach Fabien Galthie, two of his assistants and 10 players - including captain Charles Ollivon - tested positive for the virus.
But further rounds of testing this week have produced no further positive cases in the French camp and tournament organisers have confirmed the game will go ahead in Paris on Sunday.
A short statement from the Six Nations read: "Further to a meeting of the Six Nations Testing Oversight Group (TOG) this morning to review the latest tests results of the French Squad, the Six Nations confirm the plans to stage the France v Scotland match as originally scheduled this coming Sunday.
"We continue to monitor the situation very closely and are in regular contact with both unions."
France will be without captain Ollivon and scrum-half Antoine Dupont - arguably the best player in the world right now - among others.
Galthie has been involved in coaching the team remotely whilst in isolation.
There was talk of postponing the match and playing it next weekend when there are no scheduled fixtures, but that could have left Scotland boss Gregor Townsend without 10 players of his own due to World Rugby player release regulations.
