weekend at head for so many. the autumn internationals in rugby continue and ireland are playing japan and later wales have a tough test against south africa. england begin their campaign against tonga but will owen farrell be involved? that is the big question. the england captain tested positive for covid and isolated yesterday before undergoing another pcr test. the result we don t know yet. but it could prove an opportunity for the highly rated youngster marcus smith or george firbank. we should hear news in the next half hour or so. and that is just about it from us. you can keep up with the latest football scores where it is currently 1 02 manchester city and the t20 cricket in world cup action on the bbc sport website. we will see you later on. that is all for the moment. the next news on bbc one is that 20 past five. goodbye for
england captain, who today had find out that he tested positive for corona virus. this could well change in the next 2a hours. you d think that if he had been isolating on friday, he will be rolled out over the weekend but england has retested him today that we should in the next 12 hours or so find a result of that and if it comes back negative, he will be starting the game but if he doesn t end up playing, that could present an opportunity for the likes of harlequins michael smith, who is currently starting on the bench or george firbank who normally plays at full back. the former england captain is very excited about the prospects of seeing smith, whether he starts or comes off the bench. always looking for the next best thing and i think george ford has done a fantasticjob with england for over five done a fantasticjob with england for overfive or six years done a fantasticjob with england