The first play-off of the Top 14 was initially scheduled for Saturday, June 3 at 21pm by the organizer of the competition, the NRL, and Canal +, who wanted to broadcast the poster in prime time. But, finally, the kick-off of the derby between Stade Français Paris and Racing 92 will be given Saturday at 14h.
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The League and the broadcaster have seen their plans thwarted by Ligue 1 and the prefecture of Paris. Indeed, Saturday evening will also be played the last day of the France football championship with a meeting between Paris SG and Clermont.
The police being mobilized around this meeting and the neighborhood cordoned off to avoid overflows, the Prefecture refused that the two meetings be held at the same time.
The ten matches of the last day of L1 being played simultaneously, so it was rugby that had to bow and adapt to the constraints imposed by football.