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The Sports Ministry has invited French clubs to postpone their European Rugby Cup matches against British clubs to avoid the risk of the spread of more contagious variants of Covid-19, according to a statement sent to AFP on Saturday.

The Ministry of Sports has indeed written this weekend to the National Rugby League (LNR) "to invite it to postpone the next meetings including French clubs, in accordance with the wishes expressed by several French professional rugby clubs in recent days », Explains this press release.

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A specific meeting on the Six Nations Tournament, supposed to start on February 6, will be held at the initiative of the Ministry of Sports at the beginning of the week, it is also announced.

“In addition, the Ministry responsible for Sports has initiated a census of all sports events scheduled in France in the coming weeks including participants from the United Kingdom, as well as travel forecasts for French sports delegations on British soil.

From Monday, the ministry will meet with the sports federations and event organizers concerned, ”he adds.

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According to an institutional source, the National Rugby League should apply these recommendations while any travel or stay in the United Kingdom is already strongly discouraged.

This decision therefore calls into question the next two days of the group stage of the two European Rugby Cups, the European Cup and the European Challenge, scheduled for January 15 and 22.

During the third day, Lyon was to receive the Scots from Glasgow while Toulouse was to go to England, to face Exeter, the defending champions.

Clermont had to face the Irish from Munster, Racing 92 the Harlequins.

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