The rambunctious Frenchman has charted a remarkable voyage in rugby, and steered the struggling Stejarii to World Cup qualification.
The Italian Rugby Federation (Federazione Italiana Rugby) are open to the possibility of creating a new international club competition with the help of the Georgian, Spanish, Romanian, and Portuguese unions as stated in an interview given by its president Andrea Duodo.
Esteban Meneses and Simon Mannix are in the race for Portugal’s head coach vacancy, with the decision to be made in the upcoming weeks.
The ex-France player was in charge of Os Lobos for four years, a tenure that culminated in a memorable 2023 Rugby World Cup appearance that included a win over quarter-finalists Fiji and a draw with Georgia.
Rugby World magazine have named a Rugby World Cup team of the tournament dominated by last month’s finalists South Africa and New Zealand, along with host nation France.
Portugal head coach Patrice Lagisquet hopes his team are closing the gap on World Cup rivals Georgia – but feels their Pool C opponents are widely under-rated.
It’s a well-worn cliché from British rugby fans that the Les Bleus are a little, well, crazy, their Latin temperaments on occasion forcing them into making emotionally charged egregious decisions