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England lose another player for World Cup opener
By AAP
Shaunagh Brown will miss England's opening match of the women's Rugby World Cup against Fiji after testing positive for COVID-19.
Prop Brown, who will have to stay in isolation for seven days, is the second England player to test positive for the virus after roommate Sadia Kabeya, who has completed her isolation period.
There were no further positive cases after players and staff in New Zealand were tested on Friday, the team said.
England play their opener against Fiji on Saturday (2.45pm AEDT), the opening day of the tournament.
South Africa will kick the tournament off against France (12.15pm AEDT), while Australia face hosts New Zealand at Eden Park on the same day (5.15pm AEDT).
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I appreciate this but you can see from the comments here the love in between NZ-SA where real respect lies. NZ detest Ireland since the series loss inventing narratives of arrogance and conspiracy theories about TMOs. Rugby Union is a Global Mickey Mouse game compared to soccer for example. Nations need to have a more friendly generous outlook towards each other.
Go to commentsFrance will turn up. If the bounce goes their way it will be a big win: like NZ and SA inflicted earlier.
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