Bernard Laporte rejects calls to resign over Montpellier scandal

There’s rugby … and,
then, there’s French rugby

laporteSometimes, French rugby throws a bit of a wobbler. And August 2017 was a relatively mild French rugby wobbler, though it could develop. Here’s a piece that ESPN asked me to write all about it

French rugby president Bernard Laporte has rejected demands for his resignation, despite being mired in a potential conflict of interests scandal that has prompted five members of the French Rugby Federation’s (FFR) Appeals Board to quit.

Read the full article here

There’s rugby … and,
then, there’s French rugby