JAMES HARRINGTON

FRENCH COLUMN

Hat-trick: Joris Jurand ran in three tries in the first half for Brive

Yesterday’s Top 14 matches went ahead as scheduled, despite the French government imposing a ban on gatherings of more than 5,000 people ‘in confined spaces’ in a bid to control the spread of Covid-19.
The Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) said today’s two games at Bordeaux and Toulon – the last before the league takes a three-week break – will go-ahead as planned, unless regional officials order otherwise. Toulon, meanwhile, issued a statement saying t...