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Re: French Rugby 2021/2022

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There's a new leader of the Top14! Tigers European opponents Union Bordeaux/Bègles!

Toulouse have lost again (tempered by the fact that several players are with the French squad) - last weekend at Racing, while Bordeaux had a bp win at home to Clermont.

Here are last weekend's round 9 results.

Racing 27 Toulouse 18
Castres 23 Brive 22
Pau 18 S Français 9 (6 Zack Henry penalties)
Perpignan 22 La Rochelle 13 (the surprise result of the weekend)
Toulon 13 Biarritz 9
Montpellier 30 Lyon 8
Bordeaux 25 Clermont 9

Table (played/won/lost/drawn/points)
1 Bordeaux 9/7/1/1/33
2 Toulouse 9/7/2/0/31
3 Racing 9/6/3/0/24
4 Castres 9/5/3/1/23
5 Montpellier 9/4/4/1/22
6 Lyon 9/4/5/0/22
7 La Rochelle 9/4/5/0/20
8 Clermont 9/4/5/0/18
9 Pau 9/4/5/0/18
10 Brive 9/3/6/0/17
11 Toulon 9/3/5/1/16
12 S Français 9/4/5/0/16
13 Perpignan 9/3/6/0/14
14 Biarritz 9/3/6/0/14

Round 10 is this weekend:

La Rochelle v Bordeaux
Lyon v Castres
Pau v Biarritz
SF v Montpellier
Toulouse v Perpignan
Brive v Racing
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Re: French Rugby 2021/2022

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Confirming what we expected - a very tough test awaits !!
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Top14 round 10 results:

Clermont 31 Toulon 16 (Toulon drop to 12th!)
Pau 33 Biarritz 21
S Français 27 Montpellier 31 (Montpellier climb to 3rd - wonder if George Ford is following Montpellier's fortunes?)
Toulouse 37 Perpignan 15 (Toulouse back in 1st spot)
Brive 12 Racing 10
La Rochelle 26 Bordeaux 3
Lyon 30 Castres 23

Table Played/won/lost/drew/points
1 Toulouse 10/8/2/0/36
2 Bordeaux 10/7/2/1/33
3 Montpellier 10/5/4/1/26
4 Lyon 10/5/5/0/26
5 Racing 10/6/4/0/25
6 La Rochelle 10/5/5/0/24
7 Castres 10/5/4/1/23
8 Clermont 10/5/5/0/23
9 Pau 10/5/5/0/22
10 Brive 1/4/6/0/21
11 S Français 10/4/6/0/18
12 Toulon 10/3/6/1/16
13 Perpignan 10/3/7/0/14
14 Biarritz 10/3/7/0/14

There's a break in the Top14 now and the next round takes place on November 27/28:
Biarritz v S Français
La Rochelle v Pau
Montpellier v Castres
Perpignan v Clermont
Toulon v Lyon
Toulouse v Brive
Racing v Bordeaux
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Top14 round 11 results, and look at the first result!:

Racing 14 Bordeaux 37 (Bordeaux scored 5 second half tries to bury Racing)
Biarritz 17 S Français 14
La Rochelle 36 Pau 8
Montpellier 25 Castres 24
Perpignan 26 Clermont 24
Toulon 19 Lyon 13 (sadly, another serious injury to Bastareaud puts an end to his season)
Toulouse 18 Brive 11

1 Toulouse played 11/won 9/lost 2/ drawn0/points 40
2 Bordeaux 11/8/2/1/38
3 Montpellier 11/6/4/1/30
4 La Rochelle 11/6/5/0/29
5 Lyon 11/5/6/0/26
6 Racing 11/6/5/0/25
7 Castres 11/5/5/1/24
8 Clermont 11/5/6/0/24
9 Pau 11/5/6/0/22
10 Brive 11/4/7/0/21
11 Toulon 11/4/6/1/20 (if Toulon hadn't've won, they'd've been bottom!)
12 SF 11/4/7/0/19
13 Perpignan 11/4/7/0/18
14 Biarritz 11/4/7/0/18

Next weekend's fixtures:
Clermont v Biarritz
Castres v Racing
Lyon v Brive
Montpellier v Perpignan
Pau v Toulon
Bordeaux v Toulouse (ALLEZ Toulouse!!! before Tigers come to town!)
S Français v La Rochelle
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Top14 round 12 results:

Stade Français 25 La Rochelle 20 (good to see SF climbing out of the relegation zone, particularly with a win over La Rochelle)
Clermont 39 Biarritz 11
Castres 25 Racing 3 (a bp win for Castres against an out of sorts Racing - who are in Northampton next weekend!)
Lyon 45 Brive 0 (an under-strength Brive side got what they deserved - a spanking)
Montpellier 30 Perpignan 6 (Montpellier have moved up to 3rd - influenced by Tigers bound H Pollard)
Pau 16 Toulon 16 (Toulon will surely improve when Etzebeth and Kolbe are selected)
Bordeaux 17 Toulouse 7 (Disappointing game from Toulouse, but a good preparation for the Tigers by Bordeaux)

The table with each team having played 12 matches:

1 Bordeaux 42
2 Toulouse 40
3 Montpellier 35
4 Lyon 31
5 La Rochelle 30
6 Castres 29
7 Clermont 29
8 Racing 25 (the wheels are falling off the Racing wagon)
9 Pau 24 (former Tiger Zack Henry, who didn't play on Saturday, is considered to be a good signing)
10 S Français 23
11 Toulon 23
12 Brive 21
13 Perpignan 18 (the two promoted sides are propping up the table)
14 Biarritz 18

Round 13 is to be played on Dec 26th/27th

Perpignan v Castres
Brive v Clermont
Toulouse v Stade Français
Biarritz v Montpellier
La Rochelle v Lyon
Racing v Pau
Toulon v Bordeaux
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Enjoy these moments of wonderful French rugby! :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sc8Kz6A1N8
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When the cameras can’t keep up with the ball! Some long forgotten memories in there. Thanks for sharing.
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https://twitter.com/CERichardson_/statu ... iR1hg&s=19


This will be interesting, only vaccinated players will be allowed to play rugby in France after 15th Jan.

So that means away games in Champions cup or even the 6N games may have some unusual squads...
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TigerFeetSteve wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 7:37 pm https://twitter.com/CERichardson_/statu ... iR1hg&s=19


This will be interesting, only vaccinated players will be allowed to play rugby in France after 15th Jan.

So that means away games in Champions cup or even the 6N games may have some unusual squads...
Be interesting to see the legalities surrounding it.
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Scott1 wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 7:48 pm
TigerFeetSteve wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 7:37 pm https://twitter.com/CERichardson_/statu ... iR1hg&s=19


This will be interesting, only vaccinated players will be allowed to play rugby in France after 15th Jan.

So that means away games in Champions cup or even the 6N games may have some unusual squads...
Be interesting to see the legalities surrounding it.
Yes it will.....

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WhitecapTiger wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:44 pm
Scott1 wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 7:48 pm
TigerFeetSteve wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 7:37 pm https://twitter.com/CERichardson_/statu ... iR1hg&s=19


This will be interesting, only vaccinated players will be allowed to play rugby in France after 15th Jan.

So that means away games in Champions cup or even the 6N games may have some unusual squads...
Be interesting to see the legalities surrounding it.
Yes it will.....

Deja vu
What if we have a team playing in France,say Chiefs at Montpellier for example,and they have a few who havnt been vaccinated. Would it be fair on them to have to send a weakened team? It could get very messy. I’m not singling anyone out btw ,just making an example.
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Scott1 wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:52 pm
WhitecapTiger wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:44 pm
Scott1 wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 7:48 pm
Be interesting to see the legalities surrounding it.
Yes it will.....

Deja vu
What if we have a team playing in France,say Chiefs at Montpellier for example,and they have a few who havnt been vaccinated. Would it be fair on them to have to send a weakened team? It could get very messy. I’m not singling anyone out btw ,just making an example.
If France pass a law requiring vaccinations for all close contact sport to be played.

Given the medication involved is fully approved here in the UK and freely available, I doubt unless there's a valid (medical) reason they cannot have the jab, that any leeway would be given.

It is not as if this is brand new for rugby. The lions tour required all involved to be vaccinated.



The only thing is potentially if there's not time to complete the vaccination process between announcement and enforcement (ie. the requirement for 3 weeks between jabs) that could be tricky.

Got a feeling a few players will be having their club onto them saying they need to get a jab sorted sharpish.
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TigerFeetSteve wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 10:14 pm
Scott1 wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:52 pm
WhitecapTiger wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:44 pm

Yes it will.....

Deja vu
What if we have a team playing in France,say Chiefs at Montpellier for example,and they have a few who havnt been vaccinated. Would it be fair on them to have to send a weakened team? It could get very messy. I’m not singling anyone out btw ,just making an example.
If France pass a law requiring vaccinations for all close contact sport to be played.

Given the medication involved is fully approved here in the UK and freely available, I doubt unless there's a valid (medical) reason they cannot have the jab, that any leeway would be given.

It is not as if this is brand new for rugby. The lions tour required all involved to be vaccinated.



The only thing is potentially if there's not time to complete the vaccination process between announcement and enforcement (ie. the requirement for 3 weeks between jabs) that could be tricky.

Got a feeling a few players will be having their club onto them saying they need to get a jab sorted sharpish.
Any leeway in the sense that if a player still declines the jab and can’t travel he could be disciplined by his club? Like I said it could get very messy. Just cancel the whole tournament,that would be a lot better IMO.
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Scott1 wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 10:18 pm
TigerFeetSteve wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 10:14 pm
Scott1 wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:52 pm

What if we have a team playing in France,say Chiefs at Montpellier for example,and they have a few who havnt been vaccinated. Would it be fair on them to have to send a weakened team? It could get very messy. I’m not singling anyone out btw ,just making an example.
If France pass a law requiring vaccinations for all close contact sport to be played.

Given the medication involved is fully approved here in the UK and freely available, I doubt unless there's a valid (medical) reason they cannot have the jab, that any leeway would be given.

It is not as if this is brand new for rugby. The lions tour required all involved to be vaccinated.



The only thing is potentially if there's not time to complete the vaccination process between announcement and enforcement (ie. the requirement for 3 weeks between jabs) that could be tricky.

Got a feeling a few players will be having their club onto them saying they need to get a jab sorted sharpish.
Any leeway in the sense that if a player still declines the jab and can’t travel he could be disciplined by his club? Like I said it could get very messy. Just cancel the whole tournament,that would be a lot better IMO.
Well I doubt the club can force a player to get a jab as I doubt it's covered in their contracts.

The most similar thing I can think of is there have been instances in various sports where a player has been unable to obtain the correct visa for playing in a different country so weren't available for some away games in European competitions, it is just a thing the club needs to manage, though they will put as much pressure on players they want available as they can.
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TigerFeetSteve wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 10:28 pm
Scott1 wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 10:18 pm
TigerFeetSteve wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 10:14 pm

If France pass a law requiring vaccinations for all close contact sport to be played.

Given the medication involved is fully approved here in the UK and freely available, I doubt unless there's a valid (medical) reason they cannot have the jab, that any leeway would be given.

It is not as if this is brand new for rugby. The lions tour required all involved to be vaccinated.



The only thing is potentially if there's not time to complete the vaccination process between announcement and enforcement (ie. the requirement for 3 weeks between jabs) that could be tricky.

Got a feeling a few players will be having their club onto them saying they need to get a jab sorted sharpish.
Any leeway in the sense that if a player still declines the jab and can’t travel he could be disciplined by his club? Like I said it could get very messy. Just cancel the whole tournament,that would be a lot better IMO.
Well I doubt the club can force a player to get a jab as I doubt it's covered in their contracts.

The most similar thing I can think of is there have been instances in various sports where a player has been unable to obtain the correct visa for playing in a different country so weren't available for some away games in European competitions, it is just a thing the club needs to manage, though they will put as much pressure on players they want available as they can.
First off, the competition is not going to be called. There's too much money involved, the tv contracts will have to be honoured.

Secondly, I have no idea whether a club can force a player to get a jab, but choices have consequences. If a player decides to exercise his choice to not get a jab and thereby remove himself from selection, his employer would be likely to reconsider their value to the squad overall. They may well be marginalised for future games by the club and the rest of the squad (who may feel let down), and come new contract time, find a reduced offer on the table or none at all. I have no doubt that those players who haven't been vaccinated and, inevitably, contracted Covid and caused cancellations may be feeling pressure from their employers/colleagues already.
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