A recent survey carried out by Odoxa and published by RTL indicates that more than two thirds of the French people questioned refuse, for the moment, to see Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou in the French team again. But more than half of those surveyed understand the decision of the Pau Section to replay the second row.
“Without an official dismissal, they will not play in the French team”, announced Jean-Marc Lhermet a few days agothe vice-president of the FFR, about Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou, the two young hopefuls of the XV of France still charged in Argentina for aggravated rape.
In a recent survey published by RTL and carried out by the Odoxa institute “according to the internet quota method with a sample of 1,002 people representative of the French population aged 18 and over including 407 rugby fans”, 68% of French people line up behind the FFR, awaiting the decision of the Argentine courts before considering the return of the two young internationals to the French team. Let us remember that Argentinian justice maintained the dismissal hearing until October 18 and at the dismissal hearing on October 18 and rejected the last medical report proposed by the plaintiff’s defense.
56% judge that Pau was right to play Auradou
Other information from this survey: 51% of French people believe that the recent controversies surrounding the French team have tarnished the image of rugby, and 28% of them consider that the setbacks of the summer have reduced their desire to practice rugby.
Finally, the French clearly distinguish between representing the national team and playing for a club. Because if a large majority refuses the idea of seeing the two players again with the blue jersey for the moment, 56% of French people approve and justify the decision of the Pau Section to relaunch Hugo Auradou in the Top 14. The second row has taken over the competition last October 5 in Perpignan and continued this weekend at home against Castres. A game during which the 21-year-old from Palois was acclaimed by the Béarnais supporters, the Hameau public even chanting the player’s first name as he came out.
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