French Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, welcomed "the firmness" of the reaction of the French Rugby Federation. Mohamed Haouas was sentenced Tuesday to one year in prison in Montpellier for domestic violence.
The FFR deemed the conviction "inadmissible" and "incompatible with the representation of our nation at the international level" The club of Clermont which terminated the contract of the player who was to join him in July.