The 2020 Six Nations Tournament will keep a bitter taste for the girls of the XV of France.
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There was no longer any sporting stake, given that the XV of England had won the Grand Slam by going to crush Italy (0-54) on November 1 in Parma.
The women's rugby match between France and Ireland will ultimately not take place, the Six Nations Committee announced on Tuesday.
Les Bleues finished second in this 2020 “special coronavirus” edition.
Initially scheduled for All Saints' Day in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, in the Lille suburbs, this meeting had been moved to Dublin, out of "solidarity" with the Irish, according to the FFR.
The latter, with amateur status, could not afford to undergo a fortnight on return from France as imposed by their government.
Wales-Scotland also canceled
The match then had to be postponed because of cases of Covid-19 among the Blue.
It is now canceled, as is the other poster for the fifth and final day of the VI Nations Tournament between Wales and Scotland, also scheduled for November 1 and postponed due to coronavirus in the Scottish ranks.
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