Connect with us

Columnists

Minister of Sport may withdraw support for Six Nations | James Harrington

French rugby has been in chaos for the past week, James Harrington explains
France head coach Fabien Galthie

Two weeks ago, almost everything in French rugby seemed to be burnishing itself a lovely golden hue. Les Bleus were two for two in the 2021 Six Nations, and had just won in Dublin for the first time in a decade.
Fabien Galthie’s World Cup 2023 project was running smoothly.
And then it wasn’t. Some 17 Covid-19 cases among players and staff and a PR disaster later, today’s scheduled match against Scotland – France’s first home game of the tournament – was off, players called up as cover for those who had already tested positive were having to isolate as suspected contact cases, and at least ...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

SUBSCRIBE

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related Topics
Click to comment
 

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Rugby Newsletter
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

The Rugby Paper

Stadium Solutions

Arg v SA

Collinson Tensile

Taurus TapeLifting Giants

One Year To Go

Stadium Solutions

The best betting sites

Globusbet

£10 MINIMUM DEPOSIT CASINOSonline-casinos-nz-banner

Betzillion UKGGBet

free bets

More in Columnists