"It's progressing, the exchanges were more peaceful" between the two bodies of French rugby, said a source close to the file to AFP after the meeting, without specifying the content of the discussions.
The two parties will continue to discuss internally, before new exchanges Thursday morning which should make it possible to find a solution, explained the same source.
"It's progressing well," another source familiar with the matter told
RMC Sport
.
"The meeting went well", according to one this interlocutor.
»READ ALSO -
Querelle FFR-LNR: French rugby in what is most ridiculous
Wednesday's meeting, which was attended by FFR president Bernard Laporte, his LNR counterpart Paul Goze and club representatives, was to prepare a common ground on the duration of the provision of players for the XV of France.
The LNR, which oversees the professional championships, and the FFR, responsible for the national selection, are in conflict over the number of matches for which the internationals must be released by their club.
The FFR has scheduled six meetings from October 24 to the weekend of December 5-6 as part of the international autumn window extended by World Rugby due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The clubs, employers of the players, and the LNR had agreed to make the internationals available for a maximum of five matches.
They usually compete in three during the same period.
Necessary modification of the FFR-LNR agreement
A meeting of Top 14 club presidents is also scheduled for the end of the afternoon to discuss the points discussed on Wednesday morning between the LNR and the FFR, we learned from several club managers.
On Saturday, the boss of the FFR, Bernard Laporte, wrote to these presidents to let them know that the internationals who would not respond to their summons against the XV of Wales on October 24, the first of the six scheduled matches, could not play in a club , based on a point in the World Rugby regulations.
Friday, the Council of State, seized by the League, had returned the two bodies back to back, considering that a modification of the number of meetings of the XV of France could not be done without the common agreement of the two parties but also, and above all, only after modification of an agreement binding them.
The Blues are supposed to meet in Marcoussis from Monday, October 19 to prepare for the meeting against the Welsh.
Read also
FFR-LNR quarrel: Altrad cracks the united front of the clubs
/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/prisa/EXJQILQR5QI7OMVRTERD7AEZAU.jpg)