When, on December 3, 2016, he was elected president of the French Rugby Federation, Bernard Laporte had two priorities.
Obtain the organization of the 2023 World Cup and relaunch a moribund XV of France which no longer makes many people dream.
The first objective quickly achieved, he must decide for the second.
The Blues have not won since 2012. Guy Novès, appointed by his predecessor Pierre Camou, fails to raise the bar.
Only 7 wins in 21 games.
So, the day after a pitiful draw against Japan at the Arena de Paris-La Défense, at the end of November 2018, he made a radical, unpopular decision.
He dismisses the former mentor of Stade Toulousain (who will obtain 1 million euros in compensation to the prud'hommes).
To replace him, he is already thinking of Fabien Galthié.
But the latter is not free at the time,
under contract with RC Toulon.
Charge to Jacques Brunel to ensure the join.
A year later, Galthié was integrated into the staff for the World Cup in Japan, contract…
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