In an interview with La Dépêche du Midi, former coach Pierre Berbizier says that he happened to go to the police in the evening when he was at the head of the Blues (1991-1995). Particularly in Mendoza, Argentina, where the Jaminet and Jegou-Aradou affairs broke out this summer.
After a nightmarish summer for French rugby, despite the parenthesis of the Olympic 7s title, the XV of France will try to revive itself through play on this autumn tour, with a first meeting against Japan this Saturday November 9.
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The opportunity, without doubt, to finally evacuate the explosion of that very rainy night at the beginning of July and the third half, near Mendoza (Argentina), where Melvyn Jaminet had more than slipped up with racist remarks; and where Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou, accused of aggravated rape while their dismissal examination hearing will be examined on November 25.
Since these cases, the FFR has tried to regain control, by promulgating a charter of good conduct aimed, in particular, at regulating the consumption of alcohol by players during gatherings.
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“As a staff, I believe that we are responsible on the field, but also off it”
“I heard in the coach's speech that he was for accountability, autonomy for everyone, but that does not exclude control,” said Pierre Berbizier, former coach of the Blues (1991-1995), for whom the staff must take responsibility to avoid these types of problems. And he himself remembers that when he was at the head of the where they didn't have to be. We can't break away from that role.”
And to add: “As a staff, I believe that we are responsible on the field, but also off it. What's more today with a staff, a support also provided around the XV of France. It's what surprises me the most is that we are unable to find people capable of supervising with these means. Personally, when I was at the head of the Blues, there were five of us: two coaches, a doctor, a physiotherapist. and a tour leader.”
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