JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

Bernard Laporte’s future as president of French rugby’s governing body has to be untenable after he was found guilty of corruption charges this week, nine months before the country hosts the World Cup he controversially helped win.
On Tuesday, he was handed a two-year suspended prison sentence, and a €75,000 fine by a judge in Paris, who also ruled that he should be barred from holding any position in rugby for two years.
Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR) president Laporte and Montpellier owner Mohed Altrad were sentenced on Tuesday by the Paris crimina...