Paris (AFP)

Racing 92 announced on Friday that it broke the contract for second-placed Fijian international Leone Nakarawa, one of the top-14 figures and voted Europe's best player in 2018, to return two weeks late after the Cup. of rugby world, in November.

"This decision, taken (by President Jacky Lorenzetti, Editor's note) in consultation with the club's sporting director, follows the disciplinary breaches of Mr. Leone Nakarawa who, in particular, did not show up for the resumption of training. scheduled for October 28, 2019, "writes Racing in a statement. The club Hauts-de-Seine said that Nakarawa had also "refused to respond to the messages that the club addressed him" during his absence, while he was in Fiji.

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