The Covid-19 will have finally got the better of the match between the Union Bordeaux-Bègles and Toulon, initially scheduled for this Monday evening on behalf of the 13th day of Top 14. The National Rugby League (LNR) the announcement this Friday evening by highlighting the cases of Covid in the ranks of the UBB: “Due to the health situation of the workforce […] of the Bordeaux-Bègles Union, following new control tests carried out today and in view of the dynamics of the occurrence of positive cases within the workforce this week, the Competitions Committee of the LNR, meeting urgently decided (. ..) of the postponement“, of this match but also of that which opposed Racing 92 and Pau, for the same reason.
The dates of the postponements are not yet known and the Union Bordeaux-Bègles, which was to resume training this Sunday, will have to wait the middle of next week, in accordance with “conditions to be set by the Expertise Commission“, specifies the NRL. The UBB is definitely not spared by the epidemic since it is its second game canceled due to Covid-19, the first being the one that opposed him in the Champion Cup at the Scarlets, on December 17th. This time around, the general context was put forward rather than a cluster in one of the two teams. Christophe Urios’ last men’s match dates back to December 11 and the defeat against Leicester (13-16) in the Champions Cup.