Bath chairman Bruce Craig says Toulon match will never be played

Craig, who is on the board of officials trying to reschedule the matches, said it would be impossible to find a slot for the Toulon game due to fixture congestion caused by the Rugby World Cup and England’s tour of Australia next year.

Ulster Rugby and the Irish Rugby Football Union extend their sincerest sympathies to everyone affected by the Paris attacks.

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) has now moved to suspend matches across France, bringing the total to five ties over the weekend.

But it is Toulon who will be the team to beat in the second edition of the Champions Cup after winning the inaugural tournament – having previously won the last two Heineken Cups – with a 24-18 victory over Top 14 rivals Clermont-Auvergne in the Twickenham final.

“Thanks to the fantastic supporters who have made the trip to Oyannax for the fixture”.

Sporting events in the French capital, including Racing 92’s Champions Cup clash with Glasgow Warriors, had already been called off after a series of attacks claimed the lives of a reported 128 people, while at least 180 more are said to have been injured.

The Glasgow team had travelled to Paris on Saturday.

BATH’S Semesa Rokoduguni says that he and his teammates will have to channel the depths of their courage when they head to the Stade Mayol to take on the kings of European rugby. Bath are at Leicester at the end of the month in a televised match and face Northampton at home the following week.

Two racing fixtures in the Paris region have this weekend been cancelled after a national state of emergency was declared in reaction to Friday night’s terrorist attacks.

UEFA also said that all of its matches in the Euro 2016 play-offs, Under-21 Internationals and Under-19 Futsal Cup over the coming days would see players wear black armbands and a minute’s silence would be observed.