France’s Sports Minister calls on rugby board to step down

The union grapples with the fallout of an extraordinary week.

FILE - Bernard Laporte  (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

France’s Sports Minister has called on remaining members of the FFR’s management board to do the honourable thing and stand down to allow new elections to take place following the resignation of Bernard Laporte as president.

Amelie Oudea-Castera said in an interview published in Monday's Midi Olympique that it was not too late for board members to ‘make the right decision’ as the union grappled with the fallout of an extraordinary end to an extraordinary week.