[3] Laporte said that discipline was not only important for team morale, but also for promoting the game of rugby: I am trying to make them understand that these acts are inadmissible...

... We are talking about the future of our sport and if we want rugby to become more successful and more media friendly, we have to take a hard line on violence.

They were defeated 24–7 by England in the semi-final and moved on to the third/fourth place play-off, which they lost to the All Blacks, and thus finished fourth at the World Cup.

In his final Six Nations Championship in charge of France, his team won four out of their five games and emerged champions after edging out Ireland on points difference.

He was involved in the disputes between the Amaury Sport Organisation, organizers of the Tour de France, the French Cycling Federation and the Union Cycliste Internationale.

[8] In May 2017, he joined the World Rugby executive committee, taking the seat left vacant by his predecessor Pierre Camou.

He was elected during the general assembly of World Rugby in Kyoto, at the expense of the president of the South African Federation, Mark Alexander.

[10] In 2020 he ran unopposed for vice-chairman of World Rugby, replacing Agustín Pichot and taking office from 12 May 2020 alongside the re-elected chairman Bill Beaumont.

[11] In December 2022 a French court found Laporte guilty of corruption, fining him €75,000 and sentencing him to two years' imprisonment (suspended).