{"id":42456,"date":"2020-03-13T14:45:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T14:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=42456"},"modified":"2020-03-13T14:45:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T14:45:54","slug":"breaking-wales-v-scotland-six-nations-match-called-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/03\/13\/breaking-wales-v-scotland-six-nations-match-called-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales v Scotland Six Nations match called off at 24hrs notice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scottish fans already in Cardiff as news is announced hours after WRU stated it would go ahead  <\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"437\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince-500x341.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince-293x200.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince-500x341.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince-293x200.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The game was due to be played at Principality Stadium tomorrow. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>WALES&#8217; Six Nations match against Scotland has been postponed due to the risk of Coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Welsh Rugby Union made the decision amid <a href=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/03\/13\/wales-v-scotland-to-go-ahead-despite-coronavirus-outbreak\/\">fans expressing disbelief that the game was going ahead<\/a>, and other sports fixtures, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/03\/13\/cardiff-v-leeds-called-off-as-league-shuts-down-until-april\/\">Cardiff v Leeds<\/a> which was scheduled for Sunday, being postponed.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wales\u2019 Guinness Six Nations clash with Scotland at Principality Stadium in Cardiff tomorrow has been postponed.<br>Further details:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/STFsyIpWHL\">https:\/\/t.co\/STFsyIpWHL<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scotlandteam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Scotlandteam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SixNationsRugby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SixNationsRugby<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Welsh Rugby Union \ud83c\udfc9 (@WelshRugbyUnion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WelshRugbyUnion\/status\/1238467830250647552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>A Welsh Rugby Union said: &#8220;The Welsh Rugby Union has maintained an open dialogue with, and continued to seek advice and direction from, the National Assembly for Wales and other stakeholders, including the Six Nations, on this fast-moving issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Whilst medical advice remains consistent, we have decided that it is in the best interests of supporters, players and staff to fall in line with recent measures taken across the UK and global sports industries.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The WRU would like to thank all parties for their counsel on the subject and will make further announcements with respect to rescheduling the fixture in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Every effort has been made to stage this game and we appreciate that individuals will have been inconvenienced.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Given the fluid and unprecedented nature of this issue a postponement became the only viable option.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wales v Scotland has been cancelled &#8211; were they right to call it off?<\/p>&mdash; The Cardiffian (@cardiffian_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cardiffian_news\/status\/1238468627042635781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish fans already in Cardiff as news is announced hours after WRU stated it would go ahead WALES&#8217; Six Nations match against Scotland has been postponed due to the risk of Coronavirus. Welsh Rugby Union made the decision amid fans expressing disbelief that the game was going ahead, and other sports fixtures, such as Cardiff v Leeds which was scheduled for Sunday, being postponed. A Welsh Rugby Union said: &#8220;The Welsh Rugby Union has maintained an open dialogue with, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":23923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,113],"tags":[23,985,328,1199,1168,1200,1201],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-42456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-lead","category-uncategorised","tag-cardiff","tag-scotland","tag-six-nations","tag-wale","tag-wales-v-scotland","tag-walvsco","tag-wels-rugby-union"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wales v Scotland Six Nations match called off at 24hrs notice - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/03\/13\/breaking-wales-v-scotland-six-nations-match-called-off\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wales v Scotland Six Nations match called off at 24hrs notice - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scottish fans already in Cardiff as news is announced hours after WRU stated it would go ahead WALES&#8217; Six Nations match against Scotland has been postponed due to the risk of Coronavirus. 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