JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

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AS 2022 gives way to 2023, and about three weeks after he was convicted of corruption charges, the future of FFR president Bernard Laporte remains marginally less unclear than it did 24 hours after the Paris court’s decision.
As the ruling was announced, Laporte’s lawyers immediately indicated that he was going to appeal against his two-year suspended prison sentence, €75,000 fine and suspension from any role in rugby.
It is likely to be at least 2024 before he sees the inside of a courtroom again. And that means his sentences are ...