the Boxing Day of the Top 14 will start anyway on Sunday with three games on the program.
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The matches of the 13th day of Top 14, Racing 92-Pau and RC Toulon-Union Bordeaux-Bègles, scheduled for Monday December 27, have been postponed due to the Covid-19 epidemic. While the last training of Racing 92 had been canceled and the UBB had several cases of coronavirus since Wednesday, the National Rugby League had no choice but to announce the postponement of the matches, Friday, December 24. .
“Due to the health situation of the workforce of Racing 92, Section Paloise and Union Bordeaux-Bègles, following new control tests carried out today and in view of the dynamics of the occurrence of positive cases in within the workforce this week, the LNR Competitions Committee, meeting urgently this evening (Friday) decided (…) to postpone“of these two meetings, writes the NRL in its press release.
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Due to the health situation of the workforce of Racing 92, Section Paloise and Union Bordeaux-Bègles, following new tests today, the following meetings have been postponed: @ racing92 / @SectionPaloise @RCTofficiel / @UBBrugby pic.twitter.com/xy0IJkMC3g– TOP 14 Rugby (@ top14rugby) December 24, 2021
“The postponement dates will be communicated later. The resumption of training within Racing 92, Section Paloise and Union Bordeaux-Bègles, under the conditions to be set by the Expertise Commission, is set for the middle of next week.“, concludes the League.
However, the 13th day of Top 14, real Boxing Day French rugby version, will take place and it will start on Sunday with the Perpignan-Castres (4:00 p.m.), Brive-Clermont (6:00 p.m.) and Toulouse-Stade Français (9:05 p.m.) matches. It will end on Monday with the Biarritz-Montpellier (7:00 p.m.) and La Rochelle-Lyon (7:00 p.m.) posters.