JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

Bad news: Toulouse flanker Jerome Kaino left the field injured

Financial matters continue to top the agenda for France’s Top 14 clubs as domestic competitions enter their second week of behind-closed-doors action, after the country entered coronavirus lockdown at the end of October.
Early in the week, the Ligue National de Rugby (LNR), which runs the Top 14 and ProD2, revealed the two professional leagues in France generated €1.25billion during the 2018/19 season for local economies across France. Rugby is, the report said, sport’s second...