Ireland have reported a “potential positive case” of coronavirus on the eve of Saturday’s autumn international against New Zealand in Dublin. Further testing has been undertaken to determine whether the result was a false positive, according to a statement released by the Irish Rugby Football Union. The Ireland defence coach, Simon Easterby, said back-up players had been put on standby but that as of Friday afternoon, no one been ruled out of the game. All members of the squad and management team have undergone additional lateral flow and PCR testing, with no individual named as having tested positive yet. “We’ve retested today and the important thing is we get clarity,” Easterby said. “As you know where you can have false positives, we have to make sure we give those guys an opportunity, give the respect to them, and it’s important we allow that process to happen. “There’s a bit of clarity needed about the players who didn’t make [the captain’s] run, but hopefully in the next couple of hours we’ll have that and we can look forward to tomorrow and put today behind us. We’re not the only team across the last couple of weeks who’ve had to deal with Covid issues … the important thing is we stay focused.” Andy Farrell’s side thumped Japan 60-5 last weekend but have won just two of their 32 previous meetings with the All Blacks. Both of those victories have come since 2016, including a 16-9 autumn international victory at the Aviva Stadium in 2018. Gethin Jenkins has described Sunday’s match against Fiji as “a massive game” as Wales target their first win of the Autumn Nations Series campaign. A 54-16 defeat against New Zealand was followed by a tense five-point loss to South Africa, the world champions, with Wales having claimed a solitary victory since last season’s Six Nations. History heavily favours Wales when it comes to facing Fiji, toppling them 10 times in 12 attempts. But their last meeting at the 2019 World Cup in Japan frequently stressed Wales before they wiped out a 10-point deficit as Josh Adams scored three tries and inspired a 29-17 victory. “There are different threats from different teams, and going into this weekend, it is different threats again,” Jenkins, the Wales defence coach, said of the Millennium Stadium encounter. “There are a lot of individual threats [from Fiji] and as long as our system is right, you have just got to deal with those individuals then. “Showing some of the stuff to the players earlier in the week to get some messages in, there are some exceptional bits of skill there that sometimes you are not going to be able to deal with. You have got to just get back as quick as you can and get back into the system.” England Women have handed Test debuts to the teenage flanker Sadia Kabeya and the Harlequins wing Heather Cowell against Canada on Sunday as they build strength in depth with a nod towards the Women’s World Cup in 2022. The Loughborough Lightning forward Kabeya, 19, takes her place on the openside, in a back row that comprises the England captain, Sarah Hunter in the No 6 jersey, and the vice-captain, Poppy Cleall, who retains Hunter’s favoured No 8 position. England take on the Canada, the world No 3 team, at the Stoop off the back of two record wins against the world champions, New Zealand.