Scotland team doctor James Robson does not expect game to resume anytime soon

Scotland team doctor James Robson believes the game is unlikely to have a resumption any time soon following the pandemic coronavirus.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has seen a number of domestic competitions across the world and international games suspended with the overall death climbing close to 200,000.

There have been talks of resuming the game behind closed doors with a possibility of July but Robson warns that the matches should not be resumed until the National Health Service can cope up with injured players at the top of their coronavirus treatments.

“Taking matches behind closed doors simply takes away the logistical problem of having a crowd,” said Robson.

“What it doesn’t change is the actual physical nature of the game, or indeed any sport, and the risk of injury.

“We can’t contemplate going behind closed doors until we get some semblance of normality back to the NHS and private care providers.

“You can widen it to any sport. Physical activity is now very much a key strand of maintaining population health. It helps with reducing obesity, cancer, diseases like diabetes.

“But with any form of physical activity comes the risk of injury and what we have to balance is the good part of physical activity versus the risk of injury."