French rugby on Tuesday confirmed that it had abandoned hope of completing its coronavirus-interrupted club season and announced that it was ending the Top 14 and division two campaigns without a champion. The National Rugby League (LNR) held discussions with the 30 clubs in the two divisions on April 30, the day the country’s football season was called off, and said at the time they had agreed to drop plans to hold play-offs at the end of August.

France has further relaxed lockdown measures that were in place to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, with travel restrictions lifted and…