Friday 13 March 2020

Wales-Scotland Match is largely meaningless now.


The Six Nations match between Wales and Scotland should be called off, and Plaid Cymru are right to voice it
Plaid earlier cancelled its own spring party conference, due to be held on 20-21 March in Llangollen.
Welsh Labour and the Liberal Democrats also announced they have cancelled their conferences.
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has recommended that mass events involving more than 500 people should not go ahead from next week.
Leader Adam Price called for all mass gathering events should be postponed or cancelled.
The safety of citizens "must be put before everything else", Mr Price said.
But Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething said advice cancelling events would not make a difference in saving lives.
However he said a recommendation the Scottish Government has made, that large events should not go ahead from next week, is also being considered in Wales.
It would be to late for travelling fans to hear that the game is cancelled today (Friday 13th)
Wales' chief medical officer Dr Frank Atherton said that, from Friday, people with symptoms of a new cough or fever would be asked to self-isolate for seven days as part of an escalated response to the coronavirus.
Frankly as son as the other matches in the final round were cancelled Wales should have fallen suit , and what would have been a Super Saturday decider is now meaningless.as no winner will be crowned 
Indeed  it would be possible to see some legitimacy in the 2021 Six Nations if it was completed with a Final Saturday at the end of the season.
I assure you  that I have not been swayed by the fact that Wales will probably finish close to the bottom but with France not going for the Grand Slam even the teams seeking to win the six nations probably do not have the same incentive.
However i will probably pop down the pub to watch the Wales - Scotland match, so I may be a bit hypocritical here, however the risk seems minute and like many Pubs and Clubs showing the game it may be a source of revenue that they are likely to lose in the next few months.
There are no calls to close pubs yet but if it happens for some it my be the last straw in an already fragile industry.

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