[4] Parallelly, he practiced many sports activities such as track and field, handball and rugby union, attending the Section Paloise's club.

[6] As rugby league could not afford him a living, he parallelly sat and passed a police inspector competitive exam in Toulouse and occupied this activity between 1975 and 2007, appreciating the "feeling of usefulness" of said profession,[7] attending the criminal justice, vice unit and liquor licence services.

He allied for his entire rugby league player career with his police inspector work.

After his playing career, he became vice-president of the French Rugby League Federation between 1985 and 1994 and took the presidency of the Toulouse Olympique club in 1995[9] until 2012.

[10] As chairman of Toulouse Olympique, he created the association "La Table Ovale" in 1995 by placing a partner network around Toulouse Olympique, to allow the club to join the Super League.