French rugby chief says coach Galthie breached virus bubble
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The Six Nations council will ratify the postponement later Thursday.
“We will be working on the rescheduling of this fixture and will communicate the date in due course,” the oversight group said.
The game had been given the go-ahead on Wednesday despite 10 France players - including captain Charles Ollivon and star scrumhalf Antoine Dupont - testing positive for COVID-19 in checks over the past week. Coach Fabien Galthie tested positive soon after the win against Ireland in Dublin on Feb. 14.
The decision to postpone the game leaves Scotland in a difficult position.
Scottish Rugby said this week that any plans to rearrange the match for the fallow weekend of March 6-7 could leave the team without 10 players because those based in England and France will be released back to their clubs for domestic duty, under World Rugby’s player-release regulations.