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Thursday February 25, 2021, 2:34 PM Scotland’s Guinness Six Nations trip to Paris on Sunday has been postponed after France reported another positive coronavirus case among their playing squad. The game has been in major doubt all week following an outbreak among Fabien Galthie’s tournament favourites. Organisers ordered daily testing before announcing on Wednesday that this weekend’s Stade de France clash would go ahead following a full sweep of negatives results. But less than 24 hours later they have been forced to shelve the Saint-Denis showdown, with the entire Les Bleus squad plac...

Updated: February 25, 2021, 4:17 pm Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend wants to have a full-strength XV available when his side’s postponed clash with France is eventually rescheduled (Ian Rutherford/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Scotland coach Gregor Townsend insists Sunday’s postponed Guinness Six Nations clash with France must be rescheduled for a date when he has all his top stars available. The Scots�...

The Six Nations match between France and Scotland will go ahead this weekend as planned despite an outbreak of coronavirus cases in the home camp, tournament organisers said on Wednesday.

France suspend training and send their squad into isolation after another positive case before their Six Nations game against Scotland on Sunday.

Scotland’s clash with France in Paris will go ahead as planned (David Davies/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Scotland are “ready to go” after Sunday’s Six Nations clash with France in Paris was given green light to go ahead as planned, says Murrayfield chief Mark Dodson. The Stade de France showdown had been thrown into major doubt following a Covid-19 outbreak amongst Les Bleus squad. But after a fresh r...