The hustings buzz with Pichot’s promises

AGUSTIN Pichot and Bernard Laporte are peas out of the same pod, and not just because they are both ex-scrumhalves, the former a captain of Argentina and the latter a coach of France.
Pichot and Laporte are also both politicians, and they covet Bill Beaumont’s post as chairman of World Rugby.
Pichot’s challenge is the more pressing because last week, he decided to go head-to-head with Beaumont in a late bid to oust him in the World Rugby election for chairman at the end of this month.
Meanwhile, French Federation president Lap...