Staff Reporter.
Disgraced French rugby chief Bernard Laporte has quit his role as vice-president of World Rugby, the sport’s governing body announced on Tuesday.
Laporte, president of the French rugby federation, had earlier received a two-year suspended prison sentence on corruption charges just nine months before France host the sport’s World Cup.
“World Rugby notes the decision by World Rugby vice-chairman Bernard Laporte to self-suspend from all positions held within its governance structures with immediate effect following his conviction by the French court in relation to domestic matters, and pending his appeal,” World Rugby said.