Laporte drops 12 for Namibia game

FRENCH rugby coach Bernard Laporte has dropped 12 players from the side which lost to Argentina in the World Cup opener for his side’s next game against Namibia.

But he was adamant that those losing out are not being punished.

“No, these are our players, we love them,” said Laporte yesterday at the team announcement in Marcoussis. “We’re not at school – we’re in this together. We’ve spoken clearly to each other, I haven’t said to those who played badly, ‘bravo, carry on like that’.”