Two weeks after the large victory of Florian Grill in the election of the president of the French Rugby Federation (FFR), the old majority is gradually giving up arms. Tuesday evening, Serge Simon, vice-president of the FFR, announced that he was going to resign from “all his functions” within the body in order to “give way” to the new governance embodied by Grill, leader of the Oval movement Together.
A cohabitation between this very close to Laporte (forced to resign on January 27 because of his trouble with the law) and the new president seemed very unlikely. Simon, in charge of relations with the French teams, should be replaced in this position by Jean-Marc Lhermet, ex-vice-president of Clermont and right arm of Grill.
A congress on Friday and Saturday in Lille
On the other hand, Grill had reached out to another pro-Laporte, Patrick Buisson, his unfortunate opponent in the recent election. But according Noon Olympicthe boss of amateur rugby will abandon this function as well as his place in the federal office, and only keep his chair on the steering committee of the FFR.
A congress of the Federation takes place Friday and Saturday in Lille. The bi-weekly specialized in rugby indicates that Grill could offer to elect a new office, with seven of its supporters and five opponents, from the old majority.