JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

TWO weeks ago, the long-awaited sale of ProD2 side Biarritz fell apart, affecting the immediate and longer-term futures of not just one but two clubs in the French second tier. You may have read about it.
Meanwhile, Grenoble’s appeal against relegation to the third-tier Nationale on financial grounds, weeks after just missing out on promotion to the Top 14, was successful.
The ownership situation at Biarritz and Agen, and the uncertainty over Grenoble’s future in the second-tier – and, as a result, the future of Carcassonne, who were waiting to see if they...