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Call to axe Sweeney ‘as soon as possible’

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The Rugby Paper Team
22 December 2024

Call to

By NICK CAIN

BILL Sweeney’s tenure as RFU chief executive is in a precarious position after Bill Beaumont’s announcement as an interim RFU Board Chairman resulted in increased unrest among over 200 clubs calling for a Special General Meeting.
The decision by Sweeney and his beleaguered Twickenham administration to enlist Beaumont – an admired figure in
English rugby – in the wake of Tom Ilube’s Friday morning resignation as Board Chairman, did nothing to mollify the anger of clubs calling for an SGM motion “to terminate his (Sweeney’s...

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