Will play, will not play? With which team opposite? The Scots do not want to be “distracted” by the uncertainties around their match on the third day of the Six Nations Tournament on Sunday against a XV of France of which they are wary despite the absences due to the Covid.
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A possible postponement decided on Wednesday
“All this is not the responsibility of the players. You just have to focus on the game and make sure it is not a distraction, ”Scottish center Chris Harris said on a video conference from Edinburgh on Tuesday.
The Tournament organizing committee is due to vote on a possible postponement of the meeting on Wednesday after ten players and four members of the French management have tested positive for Covid since the start of last week.
If it were to take place – an option favored by their federation – the players of the XV du Chardon ensure that they would be just as wary of the Blues, even deprived of many executives, including the scrum half Antoine Dupont or captain Charles Ollivon.
“French rugby has a huge reservoir,” commented, knowingly, Richie Gray, who played under the shirts of Castres and Toulouse. The 31-year-old second row takes this as proof of the recent Autumn Nations Cup, during which the French staff had been forced to a large staff review because of the compromise found between the Federation and the League on the update. available to internationals.
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Scotland has not won in France since 1999
Despite the absence of most of its usual holders, the XV of France had narrowly lost in the final against England. “Look what they did in the fall against England. Everyone was talking about Team C and they almost won at Twickenham, ”said Richie Gray.
Authors of a historic victory in England on the first day of the Tournament before losing to Wales, the Scots have not beaten the Blues at the Stade de France (Saint-Denis) since 1999.
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