England's 6 Nations games against Italy postponed due to coronavirus outbreak

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England's 6 Nations games against Italy postponed due to coronavirus outbreak

By Semi Turaga

06/03/2020

England's matches are set to be put back after Italy's away trip to Ireland was also postponed [Photo: Getty Image]

England's Six Nations games against Italy on 14 and 15 March have been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Organisers say the men's, women's and under-20s contests will be played at "a later date".

Ireland's Six Nations games at home to Italy on 7 and 8 March were postponed last week.

Italy is the worst-hit European country with more than 3,000 cases.

Six Nations officials made the decision to reschedule the fixture after the Italian government ordered all sporting fixtures in the country to be held behind closed doors until 3 April as part of measures to contain the outbreak.

[Source: BBC]

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