Every day, the morning of Europe 1 looks back on one of the sporting events that make the news.

This Tuesday, Virginie Phulpin returns to the consequences of the cluster within the XV of France concerning the expectations of other sports in France during the Covid-19 period.

French rugby is still entangled in its porous sanitary bubble business.

And for Virginie Phulpin, it is French sport as a whole that is paying the price for this story.  

“There are mistakes that have chain consequences. This Six Nations tournament was to be a breath of fresh air for French sport. That the XV of France could participate in this tournament, it was a great hope. waved the success of the operation like a banner. See, it's possible to run a team and everything's going well, even in times of Covid-19. In fact, rugby is just going to succeed in stifling it one little more, this sports sector.

It is the XV of France who will be the first affected, of course.

Our Blues were in full recovery: two convincing successes, a place of third nation in the world and on their way to the 2023 World Cup with an enticing France-New Zealand opening.

A real boulevard to happiness.

But for a few Roman waffles and several half-confessed bubble exits, we are kicking this building under reconstruction.

The British are starting to ask for a package from the Blues against Scotland by pointing the finger at the fault of Fabien Galthié, the coach released to attend a match of his son by piercing the bubble.

Given the financial stakes, the package is unlikely to occur.

There is a difference between morality and the principle of economic reality.

In the meantime, the image of the Blues crumbles.

Not to mention the cohesion of the team.

Affected by the management of the bubble, cast by the hazardous and aggressive communication of those in charge.

And for you it does not only affect the XV of France ...

It also puts some Top 14 clubs in difficulty.

They do what they can to respect heavy health protocols.

And there, we send them positive Covid players and get by with that.

No wonder things go wrong.

And then beyond rugby, it is a blow to the back of all French sport.

For example for indoor sports which are desperately waiting for an opening from the government.

And amateur sport, stopped for months and looking for the slightest positive sign.

It will be much more complicated to ask for a recovery after such a monumental failure.

Of course, there are teams that know how to stay in their bubble.

For the French basketball team in Montenegro last week, it went very well.

But you will admit that the Six Nations tournament offers a much more important sounding board.

The rugby federation must submit this Tuesday evening to the ministry the requested investigation.

To what extent have those who have sinned been able to investigate their own faults?

I do not know.

But we can only hope for a little honesty.

Otherwise, French sport risks becoming embossed.

And it will be saltier than Roman pastries. "