Rugby Federation ethics committee calls for Laporte's resignation

Everyone wants his skin… The ethics committee of the French Rugby Federation (FFR) ordered President Bernard Laporte to leave his post on Friday, we learned from sources with knowledge of the file, confirming information of

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Bernard Laporte and businessman Mohed Altrad, president of the Montpellier club, were sentenced on Tuesday by the Paris criminal court for a "corruption pact" linked in particular to the sponsorship of the jersey of the XV of France.

"A situation that weakens the institution"

Thursday, the National Rugby League (LNR) had called in a press release for the holding of new elections at the FFR.

"Faced with this unprecedented situation which weakens the institution, and after consulting the presidents of Top 14 and Pro D2, the LNR office considers that it is appropriate to bring appeasement back to French rugby through the organization. by the FFR new elections, as requested by the Minister of Sports, "said the LNR.

Bernard Laporte having appealed the decision, the suspended prison sentence as well as the ban on exercising the activity of president of the FFR for a period of two years are not immediately enforceable.

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