Tonight's rugby news as Thomas speech moves stadium to tears and England star tests positive

Here are your rugby evening headlines for Friday, 24 June.

England winger Jonny May has tested positive for Covid-19 in Australia - making him a huge doubt for the first Test.

The Gloucester wing will undertake seven days in isolation as required by local regulations in Australia, meaning he will be free from self-isolation the day before the first Test. England reported that no other player had returned positive tests, with May becoming symptomatic upon arriving in Perth.

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May underwent knee surgery in January and, having made his comeback as a replacement against Saracens earlier this month, he started in last Sunday's heavy defeat against the Barbarians.

Delme Thomas’ greatest speech is said to have been the pre-game talk he gave to Llanelli’s players before they faced New Zealand in 1972.

It famously inspired the 9-3 win on the day the pubs were reckoned to have run dry.

The hardest speech Llanelli’s captain that day would have had to give was the address he gave at Phil Bennett’s remembrance service at Parc y Scarlets on Friday.

Standing just metres from his old friend’s coffin, Thomas, 79, said: “It is very hard to stand here and explain how I feel about this little man.

“What can you say about the greatest player I’ve ever seen play the game?

“That’s a big thing to say because I’ve played with some great players – a lot of them are sat in the stands today – but Phil was something special, a great gentleman and a great rugby player.

“Our outside-half in 1971 was the great Barry John. He was such a great player that they called him ‘King John’. When he came back after the Lions tour in 1971 he dropped a bombshell and announced his