Owen Farrell: England captain tests positive for Covid-19 ahead of Tonga match in Autumn Nations Series
Britain commander Owen Farrell has tried positive for Covid-19 just before their match against Tonga in the Autumn Nations Series.
Farrell will miss the customary chief's run instructional meeting on Friday and will go through parallel stream and PCR tests again in the wake of being placed into seclusion.
All players and staff went through a series of PCR testing on Thursday after an individual from Eddie Jones' care staff returned a positive outcome, however just Farrell has returned as an affirmed case.
Farrell, who was chosen at fly-half for the Twickenham installation, is yet to be absolutely administered out of England's initial match of their harvest time plan, in the expectation his example might have been a bogus positive.
An assertion delivered by the Rugby Football Union said that arrangements for England's first match against Tonga outside a World Cup are generally proceeding as arranged.
With Farrell's contribution now a genuine uncertainty, Jones could name substitution Marcus Smith in his firing line up after the Harlequins player's inclusion in preparing was confined for this present week because of a lower leg injury.
