XV of France: Laporte confirms that Galthié is out of the health bubble

The president of the French Rugby Federation Bernard Laporte confirmed that the coach Fabien Galthié had left the health bubble of the XV of France to attend a match of his son, while maintaining his support, Sunday evening on France 3. The coach, suspected of having violated health protocol, is one of the sixteen members of the France team to have contracted Covid-19, which resulted in the postponement of the match of the Six Nations France-Scotland Tournament initially scheduled for Sunday .

The day after the victory in Italy (50-10), Galthié went on February 7 to the Jean-Bouin stadium, in Paris, to attend a hopeful meeting between Colomiers, where his son Mathis, 19, is playing, and the French stadium.

“For me, he has the right from the moment he is masked.

He was outside.

I was told that he had watched the match next to Thomas Lombard (General Manager of Stade Français), who himself is tested every three days and who wears the mask, ”Laporte explained on the Stade set. 2. “I don't see where there would be a problem with this.

But again, I am not a doctor, ”he added.

The president of the FFR also reaffirmed his support for Galthié.

"Why shouldn't I support him?"

I am not a prosecutor.

And it's not because I like Fabien.

He knows very well that I would not give a gift to anyone, ”he said.

The boss of the FFR insisted on the fact that the players who went to eat waffles in Rome before the meeting against Italy "were retested on their way home".

Laporte also felt that Serge Simon, vice-president of the FFR and “covid manager” of the Blues, was “not in check”.

“We live inside this XV of France what a lot of people live in the company.

We have a cluster that has returned, that's obvious.

Serge Simon applies what we are told to do, ”he added.

While the Minister of Sports Roxana Maracineanu called for an internal investigation at the FFR to shed light on this cluster, a report carried out in collaboration with the federation's medical commission must be submitted “Tuesday”, Laporte said.

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