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Clement Mazella
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Sep 18, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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In one minute, find rugby news major events of this day September 18, 2024. The 2e Pau line, Hugo Auradou, still under investigation for aggravated rape, has resumed collective training with his club. For Abdelatif Benazzi, “a betrayal” could suit his needs at the presidency of World Rugby.
Abdelatif Benazzi now favourite at World Rugby?
Recently declared candidate for the presidency of World Rugby, Abdelatif Benazzi saw the favourite for this election throw in the towel. The Scot John Jeffrey, vice-president of the world body, failed to benefit from the support of his federation, essential in order to be able to run.
Jeffrey, 65, has been singled out as being partly responsible for the Scottish FA’s financial woes. “I’m very bitter and upset. To be beaten by your own country really hurts,” he told BBC Scotland John Jeffrey, who feels he has been betrayed. “Scotland had the opportunity to lead an international federation, that opportunity will not come again for ten years. I know I was favourite to win.”
Benazzi now only has two opponents: the Australian Brett Robinson and the Italian Andrea Rinaldo. The former captain of the French XV sees his candidacy gaining strength, and could well win the day. The elections will take place on November 14.
Pau: Hugo Auradou resumes collective training
Returned to France after being authorized by the Argentine justice system, Hugo Auradou took part in his first collective training session with his club Pau this Wednesday, as mentioned by South WestThe second row took part in the opposition, and seemed in fairly good shape.
Last week, Hugo Auradou was entitled to an individualized resumption. The international (1 selection) is still under investigation (as is Oscar Jégou) for aggravated rape of a 39-year-old Argentinian woman. The request for dismissal filed by the lawyers should be examined soon.
Rugby Night: all the nominees revealed
The LNR took its time, but it revealed this Wednesday all the nominees for the trophies that will be awarded during Rugby Nightscheduled for September 23 at the Olympia.
Antoine Dupont could get for the 3e times the title of best player of the Top 14, and the 4e that of the best French international. Named very often, Stade Toulousain could be heading towards a real raid.
The FFR takes Le Coq Sportif to court
The President of the FFRFlorian Grill, reported to theAFP that the federal authority had launched a legal procedure against the brand The Sporting Cockformer supplier of equipment to the French teams (now Adidas).
Grill evokes a sum of 5.3 million euros in unpaid billsLe Coq Sportif is currently in financial difficulty, but has the means to pay what it owes to the FFR.
Rugby Actors Scam
3 French rugby figures are accused offraud and criminal associationas revealed by our colleagues from Popular of the Center.
Arnaud Dubois, chairman of the board of directors of the Biarritz Olympique club, Cédric Bistué, co-chairman for twelve years and majority shareholder since 2011 of the Béziers club, and Hervé Grégoire-Mazzocco, former player of Clermont or Limoges, are alleged to have participated in a criminal association for acts committed between 2018 and 2019 in Limoges, but also in Montpellier and Fort-de-France in Martinique.
The 3 men allegedly produced false documents (false invoices) used for a scam costing “hundreds of thousands of euros, even millions of dollars”. They will be tried on May 23, 2025, and face a sentence of at least 5 years in prison.
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