Presidency of professional rugby: Bouscatel and Roubert launch the match
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INTERVIEW - The outgoing president and the current boss of LOU are standing for election to head the LNR, the body that governs professional rugby in France.
Grand oral. This Thursday morning, René Bouscatel, candidate for re-election, and Yann Roubert, the boss of the Lyon club (Top 14), have an appointment at 9:30 a.m. at the headquarters of the National Rugby League (the LNR, which manages professional rugby in France) to present, for four hours, their program to the thirty presidents of Top 14 and Pro D2. Who, on March 13, will elect one of the two as their leader. The two adversaries, but separately, came to Le Figaro to present their ideas and their differences. We asked the same questions to the incumbent, aged 78, and to his challenger (47 years old). Including their position on Yann Roubert's initial wish to be paid (250,000 euros per year). This would be a first for a president of the LNR, a body created in 1998 by Serge Blanco.
LE FIGARO. - Why are you running for president of the League?
RENÉ BOUSCATEL. - I think I had a more than positive first term. We can see it in the results, both in terms of…
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