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Published 14:17 28 Dec 2021 GMT
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Caelan Doris, left, and Andrew Porter pictured during the 2020 Six Nations match between France and Ireland at Stade de France in Paris. (Photo by Sportsfile)[/caption]
'The IRFU confirm that the current vaccination rate across our professional team structures which includes players, coaches and support staff is 99.2%. This includes a small number of people who are awaiting a second dose.'We have already seen the French government intervene, earlier this month, to prevent their Top 14 sides from travelling to the UK for Champions Cup fixtures. This led to five fixtures in round two of the Champions Cup pool stages being postponed. An England RFU spokesperson says the union is monitoring the situation but 'will always follow government travel advice'. In France, approximately 98% of professional rugby players are vaccinated while that figure is around 95% for footballers in the country. That figure is higher, in both sports, than is the case in England, where, earlier this year, Exeter centre Henry Slade spoke about his mistrust of the vaccines. Under the new set of Covid rules in France, spectators at outdoor sporting events will be limited to 5,000 from January 15 until the situation is reviewed later in 2022. At present, Irish sporting fixtures have an outdoor capacity cap of 5,000 until January 30 at the earliest.
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