World Rugby has hit back at comments made by French Rugby Federation President Bernard Laporte regarding the Rugby World Cup 2023 evaluation report released earlier this week.
Laporte had labelled the report as "incompetence" Friday, and that it was not done "by two auditing firms as it was supposed to be".
In a statement Saturday, World Rugby said it was "concerned by the reported comments" and "in particular those attributed to the Fédération Française de Rugby."
They hit back saying the comments were "unfounded and inaccurate" stating that it had implemented a "transparent, objective, professional and robust host selection process".
"The comprehensive technical evaluation has been undertaken by a team of World Rugby and third-party experts, independently scrutinised by The Sports Consultancy against agreed scoring criteria," the statement read before adding that they will raise their concerns with the French federation.