Harris fears he may miss France clash

SCOTLAND centre Chris Harris would be “devastated” if their Guinness Six Nations clash with France was postponed by a week and he was recalled for club duty.

Harris is among more than 10 Scotland players who could miss the Paris clash if Six Nations organisers push it back for a week following a Covid-19 outbreak among the host team.

Ten France players have tested positive, while head coach Fabien Galthie is among other staff who are self-isolating.

No new cases were uncovered in the latest round of testing on Monday night and Six Nations organisers will take a decision about Sunday’s scheduled game today.

Gloucester midfielder Harris is due to go back to his club for the second fallow week of the Six Nations after Sunday’s game, and would be among the players who could miss out if the game was moved to the following weekend.

“I would be pretty upset,” he said. “Ultimately I want to play for Scotland, I want to play for my country. I would be pretty devastated on a personal level.

“But if it’s not safe to play this weekend, it’s not safe. And if I have to go back to Gloucester and I’m not allowed back up, whether they can tweak those laws, it’s all stuff that is out of my hands and out of the players’ hands.

“We just have to crack on and focus on not letting that be a distraction.

The 30-year-old added: “It wouldn’t be ideal with (regulation) nine going into the final week, we would obviously lose boys. I don’t know the specifics around that. But we want it to go ahead as a group, as a nation.

“We are in a good place to go over there and really do a job.

“That’s our focus. All the other stuff is not our business. It’s up to other people to tell us whether it’s safe or not. We will just focus on the job at hand.”