Above all, schools break up on October 22nd for a ten-day half-term and French unions like their holidays too much to disrupt them with strikes.

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The Chiefs responded to leaders Leeds, who demolished Newbury 89-12 earlier in the day, by roaring into a 41-7 lead at the break with six first-half tries.

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