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IRFU Confirms All Games Involving Ireland And Italy Will Go Ahead

Tuesday, 25 February 2020 at 11:09

Italy are due in Dublin on Saturday week but there have been doubts due to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy.

The IRFU have said that all games involving Ireland and Italy are going ahead as planned. 

Italy are due in Dublin on Saturday week for a men's Six Nations match, but there have been doubts due to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy. 

Yesterday, the Pro 14 match between Ulster and Benetton scheduled to be held in Italy this weekend was postponed. 

The IRFU say the games will go ahead as planned at this point.

Meanwhile Former Munster and Ireland player Alan Quinlan says that the new Irish head coach Andy Farrell has to make changes to the team for the remaining Six Nations games and for the future.

He's talking after Ireland's 24-12 loss to England at Twickenham on Sunday.

Quinlan says there is a hard core of experienced players who have been great servants to the green jersey, but that it's now time to move into a rebuilding phase:

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