UBB Confirms Louis Bielle-Biarrey's Future
Louis Bielle-Biarrey plays rugby for a French team. The team name is UBB. This means Union Bordeaux-Bègles.
UBB made a big announcement about Bielle-Biarrey. It is about his future with the team. The news ends a long story about where he will play.
Bielle-Biarrey plays in the Top 14. This is the top rugby league in France.
The UBB coach is Yannick Bru. He talked about other UBB stars too. Many other teams want these players. Bru said this is a hard problem for his team.
Bru said other clubs are very interested in UBB's best players. He thinks this is not easy for anyone to accept.
Fans want to know more about Bielle-Biarrey's future. The announcement gives them a clear answer at last.
Vocabulary15 words
- announcement
- when you tell people important news
- Top 14
- the top rugby competition in France
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- winger
- a player who plays on the side of the field
- coach
- the person who trains a sports team
- future
- what will happen next
- club
- a sports team and its organization
- rival
- another team that competes against you
- star
- a very good, famous player
- speculation
- guessing about something before it is confirmed
- confirm
- to say that something is true or certain
- sign
- to agree to play for a team
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- team
- a group of people who play sports together
- news
- information about something that happened
Quiz
Answer key
1. UBB 2. News about Bielle-Biarrey's future 3. Yannick Bru
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Louis Bielle-Biarrey plays rugby for a French team. The team name is _____. This means Union Bordeaux-Bègles.
UBB made a big _____ about Bielle-Biarrey. It is about his future with the team. The news ends a long story about where he will play.
Bielle-Biarrey plays in the _____. This is the top rugby league in France.
The UBB coach is _____. He talked about other UBB stars too. Many other teams want these players. Bru said this is a hard problem for his team.
Bru said other clubs are very interested in UBB's best _____. He thinks this is not easy for anyone to accept.
Fans want to know more about Bielle-Biarrey's future. The announcement gives them a clear _____ at last.