Rugby Union
Bill Sweeney: Rugby Football Union chief executive survives vote of no confidence
Interim chairman Sir Bill Beaumont has described the outcome as ‘emphatic’ and ‘decisive’
Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney has survived a vote of no confidence in his leadership to signal a ceasefire in the civil war that had broken out in the game.
However, the rebel clubs calling for Sweeney’s contract to be terminated by the board at a special general meeting on Thursday warned that promised governance and structural reforms must be completed to avoid a further outbreak of conflict.
The 65.82 per cent who polled in support of Sweeney means the highest ranking administrator in English rugby has faced down the rebellion. The total RFU membership with voting rights is in the region of 1,300.
