French Top 14’s financial woes continue as Bourgoin relegated

FINANCIAL irregularities continue to cause unrest in the French Top 14, with Bourgoin set to follow Montauban into the lower divisions due to a failure to balance their books.

Bourgoin were relegated by French rugby’s financial watchdog, DNACG, on Saturday, and were also denied a professional licence.

The club are confident of winning an appeal to the Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR) over the decision, claiming to have reversed the financial plight that dogged them during last season’s league campaign.