Thursday 4 March, 2021
Breaches of the bubble led to a 16-case Covid outbreak in the French squad.
Ireland is currently only using this vaccine for people aged 18-69.
Les Bleus’ head coach left the French Six Nations bubble to watch his son play a game.
Sarkozy was handed a three-year prison sentence of which two years are suspended.
Representatives of Irish hauliers have said they are being held up for longer than they should because of French officials.
The Sports Minister wants more information on the Covid-19 outbreak in the France camp.
Another positive test in the French camp today has seen the fixture postponed.
The France squad have been placed in isolation, with the Six Nations meeting with Scotland set for Sunday.
French captain Charles Ollivon was among five players ruled out after testing positive yesterday.
Les Bleus’ Six Nations hopes have been hit hard with key players now ruled out of the Scotland game.
They scratched out a 16-11 home victory over Stade Francais on Saturday.
However, all the French players have tested negative for the second time this week.
This week’s edition of The42 Rugby Weekly Extra involved plenty of discussion of Ireland’s attack.
The Irish attacking effort was underwhelming against France in yesterday’s Six Nations defeat.
Joe Schmidt’s methods worked – Ireland need to re-introduce them.
The head coach rued his team’s failure to score when France were down to 14 players.
The stand-in skipper rued Ireland’s inability to take advantage of France’s yellow card.
The home side battled hard in the closing minutes but have now lost two from two in this championship.
France beat Ireland 15-13 in a scrappy but tense game at the Aviva.
Ireland’s season is on the line today – and coach Andy Farrell knows it.
Andy Farrell’s side will need a superb performance to keep their Six Nations hopes alive.
Les Bleus will take to the field against Ireland in Dublin as tournament favourites.
The Ireland wing wins his 90th cap on Sunday.
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The France coach also said his team have improved in the last 12 months.
Teddy Thomas drops to the bench as Matthieu Jalibert continues at fly-half.
Iain Henderson will captain the side while there is also a recall for Rhys Ruddock as Andy Farrell names his team for Sunday’s Six Nations tie against France.
James Ryan is set to miss out, while captain Johnny Sexton could also be ruled out.
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Conor Murray is relishing this week’s clash with Antoine Dupont’s France.
She is charged with breaking hate speech laws by tweeting pictures of Islamic State atrocities in 2015.
The 31-year-old was sent off for making contact with the head of Tomas Francis.
A home defeat to les Bleus would leave Ireland staring at a miserable Six Nations campaign.
An opening-round defeat away to Wales has Ireland on the back foot.
France meet Ireland next Sunday in a mouthwatering St Valentine’s Day clash at the Aviva.
Les Bleus open up the championship with a seven try victory over Italy in Rome.
The tournament starts this weekend in Rome, London and Cardiff.
France is restricting its borders and shutting all large shopping centres from tomorrow.
The France national team will be given a quarantine exemption for the competition, though the decision is being kept under review.
French authorities have expressed concerns over the ‘UK strain’ of Covid-19.
The elusive centre was forced off during Racing 92′s defeat to Bordeaux yesterday.
Health agencies say the vast majority of post-vaccination fatalities were among people who were elderly and already vulnerable.
