France boss focuses on wider TV exposure

French Federation chief Luc Lacoste wants to turn back time and put Rugby League back on television screens in France. A decision by the FFRXIII ruling body to reject live TV broadcast contracts for fear of an impact upon gate receipts in the 1970s is widely believed to have been the game’s biggest downfall in France and the new Chairman wants

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