Le Parisien newspaper said Chabal had been able to buy the tickets despite rules limiting members of the organising staff to eight per person.
Sebastien Chabal denied he intended to re-sell tickets for the Rugby World Cup finalPARIS - Former France forward Sebastien Chabal on Saturday denied any wrongdoing following a claim that he had obtained more than a hundred tickets for this year's Rugby World Cup in France.
"Yes, I benefited from a privileged access to buy more tickets than it is possible to do for one person, because of my status as an ambassador for France 2023," Chabal, 45, said in a statement to AFP. "Obviously these tickets cannot be resold by those who benefit from them. It is just as unthinkable that they can be used for commercial operations," the 62-time international added.
The organisation of the World Cup in France has been blighted by scandal after the tournament's chief organiser Claude Atcher was sacked in October for abusing his position.
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