IRFU announces decision after meeting
Irish health minister Covid-19 virus has spread from
China to ItalyIreland’s Six Nations rugby matches against
Italy in
Dublin on the weekend of 6-8 March have been postponed – and possibly cancelled – because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Philip Browne, the chief executive of the Irish Rugby
Football Union (IRFU), announced the decision on Wednesday afternoon after meeting a delegation of health officials led by the health minister, Simon Harris.