Six Nations Tickets: England banished from the hotel during to fire, Marler tests positive for coronavirus
Preparations for the Six Nations in England took another blow on Tuesday when Joe Marler tested positive for Covid-19 and Eddie Jones' side was later forced to evacuate the team hotel due to fire. Marler has tested positive for his military service in England for the second time in two and a half months, casting doubt on the availability of his trip to Scotland next week. Six Nations Rugby Fans can buy Six Nations Tickets from our website.
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| Marler has tested positive for his military service in England for the second time |
Jones is already battling the absence of Owen
Farrell and Jonny May from training camp this week, while favourite captain
Courtney Lawes is sidelined with a head injury. Marler's absence caused another
significant headache for the manager, while the chaos caused by the fire that
broke out around 6 pm added an element of farce to England's training camp.
However, it is said that everything is "quiet and beautiful" among
the squad and support staff.
Marler had to withdraw from the training camp
on Tuesday morning after a positive test and was immediately placed in
isolation. Under government guidelines, if Marler can test negative on days
five and six, he could be released from isolation early next week. However, if
he has to play the full 10 days, it will take him to Murrayfield at midnight
the night before the game. In that case, the chances of him playing the lead
role are slim.
All other players and staff have tested
negative, Jones has chosen not to call substitutes to training camp, Ellis
Genge and Bevin Rodd are the other crazies on the squad but England is clear a
sharp reminder of the risks Covid-19 still poses entails.
Marler lost England's autumn win over
Australia after testing positive but was able to rejoin the team the following
Friday and come off the bench 24 hours later in a 27-26 win over South Africa.
"Coronavirus can eat shit... but it does mean I can eat peppers and onions
again," Marler wrote on social media on Tuesday evening.
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| Joe Marler had to withdraw from the training camp on Tuesday morning |
Just like in the autumn, England would have far exceeded the target of 85% of players and staff fully vaccinated.
Even if Mahler is accessible for a tour to
Murray Field, his absence from training camp this week spells even more unrest
for Jones, who missed more than 300 appearances this week as he started his second
win in Scotland five years later.
Also, it appears that the threat of Covid
remains prominent in the game. World Rugby Player of the Year Antoine Dupont is
one of eight players missing in France after testing positive for Covid-19.
That number includes Castres whore Gaetan Barlot, who faced Marler in the
Champions League, and was defeated by the Harlequins on Friday. Wales also
announced on Tuesday that Christ Tshiunza had tested positive.
Meanwhile, May will be seeing pundits this
week to see if he will play after withdrawing from training camp on Monday with
a knee injury. In any case, the 31-year-old will Miss Scotland and a trip to
Italy next week, but Gloucester manager George Skivington hopes he will be back
before the tournament ends in mid-March.
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