Even if he was seen on the side of Capbreton last week, alongside the XV of France, Bernard Laporte has officially no longer had a role in rugby since his forced resignation from the post of president of the FFR.
According Noon Olympicthe former boss of the tricolor oval (58 years old) could have found a job very quickly, certainly crossing a little more than the street: Fiji offered him the coach’s costume, vacant since last Thursday, and resignation for “personal reasons” of New Zealander Vern Cotter.
But Laporte refused the offer of the 13th nation in the world, according to the World Rugby ranking. He therefore declined the possibility of playing in the next World Cup in France (from September 8 to October 28), of which he was one of the craftsmen, since the teammates of Rochelais Botia and Toulonnais Wainiqolo will evolve in pool C, with Wales, Australia, Georgia and Portugal.