IRFU begins coronavirus tests ahead of provinces' return to training

New protocols that have been put in place at each of the four provincial high-performance centres and at the IRFU's at the National Sports Campus. File photo.

The IRFU is to begin Covid-19 testing for Munster and Leinster players and members of their support staff ahead of their planned return to training in Limerick and Dublin next Monday.

Their counterparts in Connacht and Ulster will undergo the same procedures prior to their scheduled returns to the training paddock a week later.