Six Nations 2020: Ireland v Italy is only postponed fixture amid coronavirus worries

England’s sport in opposition to Wales on Saturday and Scotland’s match in opposition to France on Sunday will trot ahead regardless of the coronavirus outbreak, reveal Six Worldwide places organisers.

Ireland’s uncover with Italy on Saturday and the ladies people’s sport on Sunday had been postponed closing week over well being concerns.

After a gathering to deal with the outbreak, the Six Worldwide places mentioned in an announcement: “Because it stands as of late, all Six Worldwide places matches in the interim scheduled are state to move ahead.”

England host Wales at Twickenham and Scotland entertain France at Murrayfield.

England ladies people’s match in Padua in northern Italy on 15 March might perchance perchance perchance very well be moved to a mutter internet web page, nonetheless the males’s sport in Rome on 14 March is decided to move ahead.

Six Worldwide places organisers mentioned they like not rescheduled postponed video video games as they “discount assessing the topic”.

The assertion learn: “Six Worldwide places and its six unions and federations are following the topic very fastidiously with their respective governments and related well being authorities and should perchance perchance perchance merely strictly put collectively any directive given that might perchance perchance perchance impression sporting occasions.”

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England Under-20s’ match in opposition to Italy in Verona on 15 March might perchance perchance perchance very well be moved to a mutter metropolis, with northern Italy one in all many areas worst laid low with coronavirus start air of China.

Match organisers mentioned they might perchance accomplish an announcement on the U20 match and the ladies people’s sport “sooner or later”.

Ireland’s males’s and ladies people’s Six Worldwide places video video games in opposition to Italy in Dublin on 7 and eight March respectively, as well as an U20 sport on 6 March, had been postponed.

Italy ladies people’s third-round sport in opposition to Scotland on 23 February was postponed and is however to be rescheduled.

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Analysis

BBC rugby union correspondent Chris Jones on the Rugby Union Weekly podcast

As noteworthy as a result of the Six Worldwide places can try to accumulate a thought collectively going ahead, it is going to probably be the governments who seize whether or not these video video games trot on.

The motive each factor escalated throughout the Ireland v Italy video video games is that the Irish well being minister mentioned the video video games might perchance perchance perchance not trot ahead.

Rearrangements are inside the palms of the unions nonetheless that is up inside the air in the interim. There are Champions Cup quarter-finals in April. I can not gaze rearranged Six Worldwide places video video games taking enviornment sooner than or right away after that.

Then you definitely’re coming into into the alternate stop of the season. There is a risk it could perchance perchance perchance very well be inside the autumn, tackle 2001 when video video games had been postponed because of foot and mouth illness.

We have not bought any thought how points are interesting in relation to this virus.

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