French rugby has, historically, done mystifying very well — but things have moved to a whole new level in recent months.Take the World Cup squad announcement. Head coach Jacques Brunel was supposed to name the 31 players who had made the plane to Japan on September 2, during the 8pm news slot on World Cup broadcaster TF1. Two days before the announcement, however, he was suddenly unable to do the show, so it was decided the big reveal would be made by anchorman Gilles Bouleau.That’s not what happened, either. In the end, it was a part-live, part-pre-recorded segment involving FFR President Bernard Laporte tagged on to the end of the news, with Brunel on hand to answer pre-selected questions. It was the latest in a string of double take-worthy situations — including the palaver of Fabien Galthie’s selection as Brunel’s replacement and his early elevation to the World Cup staff, which have prompted the obvious questions over who is actually in charge.Ex-Italy boss Brunel was a knee-jerk hire to replace Guy Noves in December 2017. There’s no doubt he took the job out of a sense of long-term loyalty to FFR president Bernard Laporte, who was about to do something…