FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Exeter Chiefs v Bordeaux-Begles - European Rugby Champions Cup Pool Two - Sandy Park - 15/16 - 21/11/15 Bordeaux coach Raphael Ibanez/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - Former captain Raphael Ibanez said on Friday he would be appointed France team manager after this year's World Cup, a role that had not been filled since Jo Maso left in 2011.
"I will not make specific comments in the coming days on that subject but after an interview yesterday with the federation president (Bernard Laporte), I have said yes to the team as manager," Ibanez told AFP, confirming a report from Sud Ouest newspaper.
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