Organisers seek European Champions Cup fixture solution

Tournament organisers say they are considering “all possible fixture permutations” following opening-round postponements in the European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup competitions.

Four-time European title holders Toulouse were the only French team in action on the weekend, losing 32-7 against Saracens at Allianz Park.

Games scheduled to be hosted by Racing 92, Oyonnax, Bordeaux-Begles and Toulon were all postponed by European Professional Club Rugby and French domestic rugby chiefs Ligue Nationale de Rugby following the Paris atrocities that left 129 dead.