Reports: World Rugby vice-chairman Bernard Laporte taken into custody by French authorities

The reports say four other people have also been detained for questioning - Altrad, 2023 World Cup chief organiser Claude Atcher, and FFR officials Serge Simon and Nicolas Hourquet

Bernard Laporte

French Rugby Federation President Bernard Laporte is being held for questioning by the French Financial Prosecution Office, it is being reported.

Laporte, who is also the World Rugby vice chairman is being held for questioning amid ties with Montpellier owner Mohamed Altrad as part of an investigation into influence-peddling and illegal acquiring of assets.