Thursday, December 8, 2016

Bernard Laporte is new President of French Rugby Federation


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Former France national team coach Bernard Laporte has been elected the new President of the French Rugby Federation (FRF). Laporte, order who left his job as manager of Toulon earlier this year, denturedefeated Alain Doucet and incumbent Pierre Camou with a vote share of 53%.
Laporte is widely expected to scrap Camou’s previous ambition of creating a new national Rugby stadium, with French rugby set to continue sharing the Stade de France with the French national football team.
Laporte, who coached the French team to successive World Cup semi-finals, has previously stated his ambition to develop the infrastructure of the national game at grassroots level

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