The decision to call Bastien Chalureau into their squad has created a big story in France.
Murray Kinsella Reports from Tours GIVEN FRENCH RUGBY’S history of fall-outs and controversies, the last few years have been rather smooth for les Bleus.
Again, one wondered how it would impact things on the rugby front, but after Laporte quit as FFR boss earlier this year, the show has simply gone on. It looked like France were heading into the World Cup with a pitch-perfect build-up. Chalureau has played for France six times before, but his call-up to the World Cup squad has brought a completely new level of scrutiny on his past. It has become a big story in recent days, to the extent that Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has discussed it with Galthié.
There had already a political element to this story, with Thomas Portes of the left-wing La France Insoumise [LFI] party among those to say that Chalureau should be deselected. French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra said she has discussed Chalureau’s call-up with the FFR.
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