After Mohed Altrad In The TeamBernard Laporte on France 3 Occitanie. The former president of the FFR speaks this Tuesday about his arrival on November 19 as director of rugby in Montpellier, last in the Top 14, a club chaired by the businessman. An association which is inevitably being talked about a year after Altrad and Laporte were convicted at first instance for corruption and influence peddling, before appealing.
The first was rather cold and technical when discussing this new collaboration: “He was the only one who was available, I had no one on hand,” he explained in particular. The second chose the register of emotion: “If it hadn’t been Mohed Altrad, I would never have done it. It’s clear. I would never have accepted this challenge again because I had other things to do. »
But still ? “We’ve been through such things together that when he asks you, you say yes. It’s fusion now. When he told me now we have to do it, I replied I will be there this evening. »
No psychological shock
The former coach of the French contact) and Antoine Battut (sideline coach, whose arrival had previously been approved).
For the moment, the mayonnaise has not yet set. Despite the ouster of Richard Cockerill and Jean-Baptiste Elissalde and the arrival of the new management, the MHR remains bottom two days later, after defeats against Oyonnax at home (21-26) then at Bayonne (34-19). ).