The president of the FFR resigned after a request from the Federal Bureau this Friday morning.
Earthquake at the head of French rugby. Bernard Laporte resigned from his post as president of the French Rugby Federation, at the request of the Federal Bureau meeting in Marcoussis this Friday morning. According to our information, the treasurer Alexandre Martinez will be acting president. A FFR congress will take place in Lille from June 29 to July 1, 2023.
The decision comes twenty-four hours after the rejection by the French clubs (51.06%) of the appointment of Patrick Buisson as president-delegate of the Federation.
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Sentenced to a two-year suspended prison sentence for corruption
President of the FFR since December 2016, Bernard Laporte was given a two-year suspended prison sentence on December 13. for having tied abribery pactwith the businessman and president of the Montpellier club Mohed Altrad. Having appealed the decision, his sentence, together with the ban on exercising his activity as president of the FFR, is not immediately enforceable.
The former coach of the Blues refused as such and until Friday morning to leave his functions had accepted, under the joint pressure of the Minister of Sports, the National Rugby League (LNR) and the ethics committee of the FFR, to step back behind a deputy president until the appeal trial, which should only take place after the 2023 World Cup which will take place in France (September 8-October 28).
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