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November 17, 2015

Warriors back decision to postpone

Posted by Editor on November 17, 2015 05:41 PM | No comments | Print | E-mail author

Mike Blair says the right decision was made to postpone last weekend's game in Paris
Mike Blair says the Warriors were 100% behind the decision to postpone their game with Racing 92 following the horrifying events in Paris last Friday.

Speaking to the media ahead of Saturday's meeting with Northampton, Mike said: "It was a really difficult weekend. We were fortunate that we were about 40 minutes north of the city centre but obviously hearing about it on the Friday night was a bit distressing and left us in limbo about what we were doing.

"Obviously people were thinking about everyone in Paris but at the same time wondering what would be happening with our game.

"It wasn’t until half past nine the next day that we heard for sure what was happening and it wasn’t until about half past ten that we knew the game wasn’t going to be played while we were over there.

"Originally they might have played it on the Sunday or Monday but by then they said it wasn’t happening and we’d be travelling back to the UK."

Mike said he watched the events unfold on television and expressed his support for the decision to postpone the game.

He added: "With social media it’s hard to avoid it. Most guys knew that evening.

"Some guys were kind of able to park it and sleep, other guys kept a firm eye on it. I think everyone was very comfortable with the decision not to play and were 100% behind that decision.

"You want to be respectful to the people of Paris and at the same time you don’t want to be playing a game when you’ve got other things on your mind."