NICK CAIN

IT is inconceivable that in any other era in English rugby a vote of no-confidence in the governance of the RFU Board, and its chief executive, by the RFU Council would not have been reported widely in the national media.
However, that is what happened when a motion tabled by outgoing Council chairman Jeff Blackett at a special meeting called in the middle of July was voted on and approved, putting the positions of RFU Board chairman Tom Ilube, and £700,000-a-year chief executive Bill Sweeney under intense scrutiny.
It resulted in a review to take place into the decisi...