Shaun Hegarty formalized Friday his arrival as new president of the supervisory board of Biarritz Olympique. The former three-quarter center, champion of France in 2005 and 2006 under the colors of the BO, will be accompanied by two other ex-rugby players, his partner at the time on the pitch Marc Baget and the South African Flip van der Merwe.

The trio is piloting the project, supported by investors whose identity they withheld during the handover press conference.