The former captain of the France team is not comfortable with the presence of Bastien Chalureau among the 33 Blues brought to play in the World Cup.
Questioned during Channel Rugby Club on Canal+, Thierry Dusautoir gave his feelings bluntly: “ I’m a little embarrassed because I’m a friend of the victim and I have a pretty strong opinion on this case. I always had a problem with him in the France team. Bastien Chalureau was selected in 2022. The facts precede his selection. I am surprised at this timing, this controversy, the facts have been made public, but I was not present, there is a procedure. I am aware that I am not objective in this matter »did he declare.
Bastien Chalureau was sentenced in 2020 to a suspended six-month prison sentence for “ acts of violence with the circumstance that these were committed because of the race or ethnicity of the victim”. If he recognizes the violence committed while playing in Toulouse against two people including Yannick Larguet, former player of Agen and Colomiers, Chalureau refutes any racist remarks and appealed.