Scarlets' Heineken Champions Cup match at home to Toulon on Friday has been called off less than two hours before kick-off.Toulon pulled out because of concerns about a Scarlets player testing positive for Covid-19 after playing against Bath last weekend.The Welsh side withdrew the player and his close contacts from training before naming their side to face Toulon.The action satisfied…

Dragons prop Lloyd Fairbrother has been allowed to end his self-isolation to travel to Bordeaux-Begles for Saturday's Heineken Champions Cup game. Dragons say Public Health Wales gave permission "following a close contact review" of Fairbrother's interaction with a squad hit by Covid-19.Dragons reported three positive cases earlier in the week.Wales hooker Elliot Dee returns for the Welsh region among seven…

Glasgow Warriors' Pro14 meeting with Edinburgh on 27 December has been postponed after at least four positive Covid-19 tests in the Glasgow squad.Warriors' European Champions Cup match against Lyon on Saturday had already been cancelled.Twenty Glasgow players were forced to isolate after a coronavirus outbreak at last weekend's Champions Cup opponents Exeter Chiefs, who won 42-0.Four Warriors players subsequently returned…

England's 2014 Rugby World Cup-winning captain Katy Daley-Mclean has decided to retire from international rugby to spend more time with her family. The 34-year-old fly-half, who has a 16-month old daughter, has played in four World Cups and won nine Six Nations titles, accumulating 116 caps.Her greatest hour was lifting the World Cup trophy in Paris six years ago.She told…