Harlequins prop Marler, 31, will isolate for ten days, as per government guidelines; All England players and staff have returned negative results, while the Rugby Football Union are awaiting additional PCR results
Tuesday 9 November 2021 13:04, UK
Joe Marler will miss England's Autumn Nations Series Test match against Australia on Saturday after testing positive for Covid-19.
The Harlequins prop returned a positive lateral flow test on Monday, before a subsequent PCR test confirmed the result on Tuesday morning.
Marler, 31, will isolate for ten days, as per government guidelines.
All England players and staff have returned negative results, while the Rugby Football Union are awaiting additional PCR results.
Marler came off the bench as Eddie Jones' side beat Tonga 69-3 at Twickenham on Saturday.
England were without captain Owen Farrell for the Autumn Nations Series opener, but the fly-half has since re-joined the squad after his Covid test last week was revealed to be a false positive.
England name their team for the clash against Australia, who suffered a narrow defeat to Scotland at Murrayfield at the weekend, on Thursday morning.
Their autumn series concludes with a match against South Africa on November 20 in what will be the first time the teams have met since the Springboks' win in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final.
