The group stage of the two European Rugby Cups is temporarily suspended, the EPCR announced on Monday.
The organizer of the Champions and the Challenge Cup had little choice: a little earlier in the day, the French government asked the Top 14 clubs on Monday to postpone their participation in European Cup matches, ” at least until early February “.
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The 3rd and 4th days of the continental rugby competitions were to take place on the weekends of January 15 and 22.
Lyon was to receive the Scots from Glasgow while Toulouse was to go to England, to face Exeter, the title holders. Clermont had to face the Irish from Munster, Racing 92 the Harlequins.
Four Top 14 matches scheduled for next weekend
The National Rugby League took advantage of the free weekend to squeeze in four late matches.
The meeting between Bordeaux-Bègles and Clermont, counting for the 4th day, has thus been rescheduled for Saturday (3.15 p.m.), a little before the trip from Pau to Bayonne (9.00 p.m.), initially scheduled for the 13th day.
Sunday, Montpellier will host Castres (2:45 p.m.), a match shifted from Day 3, before the clash of Day 5 between Racing 92 and Toulon (9:05 p.m.).
A meeting regarding the 2021 Six Nations Tournament, supposed to start on February 6, will take place on Tuesday morning at the Ministry of Sports, on the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The government wishes in fact primarily to fight against all risks of introduction” of more contagious variants of the virus and their “circulation on the territory”, specifies this letter.
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