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Stade Francais' Top 14 opener postponed as players battle coronavirus

September 2, 2020
Stade Francais players during a game in 2018. (file)

Stade Francais' French Top 14 season opener against Bordeaux has been postponed after the Paris club was unable to field the required number of players because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The game was scheduled to take place in the French capital on Friday (local time).

A Stade Francais pre-season game was called off last month after some of the club’s players developed lesions on their lungs after contracting coronavirus and needed an extra week to recuperate.

The game will be played on the weekend of September 26-27 should Bordeaux fail to progress to the last four in the European Challenge Cup.

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