Florian Grill, narrowly beaten on Saturday in the election for the presidency of the FFR by Bernard Laporte, believes that "the question of an appeal could arise" after a very close ballot between the two candidates.
Barely beaten by Bernard Laporte as president of the French Rugby Federation, Florian Grill estimated, Saturday in Marcoussis, that "the question" of an appeal "could arise".
"It's very tight, we were told 80% -20%. We have to look precisely what happened, we had a lot of echoes, speeches after the date of Tuesday night midnight. I need time to think. But we will definitely see if something needs to be done or not. An appeal? It's too early to talk about it but, given the proximity of the scores, the question could logically arise ", explained the defeated candidate.
"We are waiting for explanations"
A few minutes earlier, Bernard Laporte had just been re-elected at the head of the FFR at 51.47% against 48.53% for his opponent, president of the regional league of Ile-de-France.
"We are waiting for an explanation, it's an electronic vote, the results were to be announced five minutes after the polls closed. It was almost 30 minutes. Why? It would be good to have an explanation for this delay. Especially since the result is tight. A recourse? We will talk about it with a clear head, "also launched Jean-Marc Lhermet, number two on the Grill list and former third international line.