Rugby: France sticking with same coaching staff for Six Nations

FRANCE are to keep the same coaching staff for the 2004 Six Nations championship but are to review the set-up in April as part of the overhaul planned for the build-up to the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

“We are sticking with the same set-up and we will look again at the end of the championship when things could evolve,” said team manager Jo Maso.

Head coach Bernard Laporte, 39, has already been confirmed in his job through to the 2007 World Cup, which France is hosting.