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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Harry Latham-Coyle

France urged to drop lock convicted of racially motivated assault

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France are facing calls to drop Bastien Chalureau just days before their home Rugby World Cup begins after the lock’s conviction for a racially motivated assault.

Chalureau was given a six-month suspended prison sentence in 2020 by a Toulouse court after assaulting two former players.

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