France Rugby Team In Trouble For A Waffle Outing In Rome

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Laporte and Sports Minister Roxana in happier times and looks like the type you don't mess with.

For those of you that watch the Six Nations Rugby tournament you will be well aware of the France vs Scotland match being postponed today. The problem right now is the entire French team is in isolation after 15 members tested positive during the week.

The one question rightly asked by the French Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu was how is this possible if they are living in a bubble? All the other teams are perfectly fine except the French. She has asked the French Rugby Federation's President to urgently explain as she had heard the squad thought it was a smart idea whilst in Rome to go and eat waffles. She has a point and find the whole thing quite funny that a waffle is being blamed for breaking the bubble. Imagine a group of 30 plus guys in Rome and it isn't beer or women, but a bloody waffle. Maybe waffle is code for beer or women and this is them covering up.


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Whatever happens these games have to be caught up at some pit and recall the French falling foul of covid during the last Six Nations as well. Over half the squad is positive this time so I expect they will have to take a full 10 days of isolation before considering the next steps. Today the team only had 2 of their 6 coaches available plus another 10 players positive with another player added to their list on Friday.

Unfortunately it is obviously easy to catch when you are training and living together. Next week we will possibly see the balance of the squad test positive as it takes 4-5 days to show up. Rugby is unlike many other sports as training involves some form of contact and the passing of a rugby ball that is obviously contaminated if more than half the players have it.


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The reality is it could have come from anywhere as it doesn't have flashing lights.

The French Sports Minister is sticking to her guns though and has asked Bernard Laporte to come and see her and explain how their bubble got contaminated. If she is not happy with the answer she has said she will withdraw the team altogether from the tournament. The French rugby team was given authorization to play in the tournament when Laporte presented a special protocole of how they would respect the bubble.

"Now that we can see that this is not the case, I am waiting for him to come and explain to us what has happened."If nothing happens, if we don't look into this chain of contaminations and they don't explain to us how it could happen, then the authorisation that has been given (to play in the Six Nations) can be withdrawn."
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French Rugby would have hoped for a softer touch as Bernard Laporte was the Sports Minister prior to Roxana Maracineanu's appointment and maybe why she is being tough on him. Politics must stay out of sport and leave the waffle out of it as well lol.



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Hahaha yes this "operation waffle" really sounds like a name code for something else.
Another aspect is how the French largest sports media (L'équipe) is using this to charge the headcoach Galthié.
Bernard Laporte obviously are fighting this back but still you can feel the war raging behind.
Very unfortunate as Galthié is a very good coach long awaited for French squad.

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