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RFU’s Bill Sweeney refuses to apologise for taking £358,000 bonus

RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney refused to apologise for accepting a £358,000 bonus amid record losses and redundancies

The Guardian - UK

Bill Sweeney determined to stay in RFU role until 2027

Chairman Tom Ilube resigned following controversy over bonus payments to Sweeney and his fellow executives.

The Independent UK

Defiant Bill Sweeney refuses to apologise for RFU bonuses scandal and vows to stay until 2027

The under-fire chief executive has insisted that the union is in good financial state despite reporting record losses last year

The Independent UK

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I can’t do that – Bill Sweeney won’t walk away from RFU role despite pay scandal

England rugby’s governing body has agreed to hold a special general meeting after the Guinness Six Nations.

The Independent UK

RFU chief Bill Sweeney wanted to defer controversial bonus payment

Sweeney received a £742,000 salary and £358,000 bonus in 2023-24, while the RFU posted a record operating loss of £37.9m and made 42 staff redundant.

The Independent UK

Joe Marler to lead talks with RFU and clubs over England player welfare

Former England international has been appointed as performance director for Team England Rugby and will represent Test players

The Guardian - UK

RFU to hold special general meeting after Six Nations over Bill Sweeney future

The SGM will take place in March or April after a U-turn from the RFU.

The Independent UK

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Bill Sweeney’s RFU fate to be decided after Six Nations following U-turn

Bill Sweeney’s fate as the Rugby Football Union’s chief executive will be decided shortly after the Six Nations following an embarrassing U-turn from the governing body

The Guardian - UK

Former RFU remuneration chief defends Bill Sweeney’s bonus payments amid record loss

Sweeney remains under serious pressure after uproar around the paying of a bonus of nearly £400,000 in a year that the RFU made a significant loss

The Independent UK

RFU rebels vow to fight on after attempt to remove Bill Sweeney is blocked

A grassroots rebellion has accused the RFU of ‘postponing the inevitable’ after the governing body rejected an attempt to force the removal of the chief executive

The Guardian - UK

RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney facing demands for removal

A total of 141 signatories are included on the letter that was sent to the RFU on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Record losses and bumper bonuses – the pay row tearing apart English rugby

Grassroots rebellion over executive pay has now seen the chair of the RFU board stand down – how did it come to this?

The Guardian - UK

Bill Beaumont named interim chairman at RFU as Tom Ilube resigns amid scandal

Ilube stepped down on Friday morning in response to the outcry over executives’ pay and bonuses.

The Independent UK

Tom Ilube resigns as RFU chairman amid pay controversy

Tom Ilube has resigned as chairman of the Rugby Football Union amid controversy over executive pay.

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Bill Beaumont appointed interim RFU chairman as civil war breaks out

Sir Bill Beaumont has been appointed interim chairman of the Rugby Football Union after Tom Ilube stepped down

The Independent UK

RFU chairman Tom Ilube resigns amid pay controversy with replacement lined up

Sir Bill Beaumont could reportedly fill the role on an interim basis

The Guardian - UK

Bill Beaumont could take over as RFU chair with Ilube on brink over pay row

RFU chair Tom Ilube in talks after emergency council meeting, with grassroots rebellion by clubs set to force vote of no confidence in him and chief executive Bill Sweeney

The Guardian - UK

Grassroots rebellion to force out top RFU executives gathers momentum

Bill Sweeney and Tom Ilube could be ousted from the Rugby Football Union early next year with both senior figures facing a motion to be dismissed

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The Independent UK

Grassroots revolt triggers vote over futures of RFU chief executive and chairman

Two motions will be tabled – to remove Tom Ilube as chairman, a two-thirds majority is needed, and a call for the RFU to sack Bill Sweeney.

The Independent UK

Championship clubs call for vote of no confidence as pressure builds on RFU chief Bill Sweeney

A number of ex-chairmen have also called on the embattled chief executive to step down after a scandal over his pay

The Guardian - UK

‘Enormous and irreparable damage’: former chairmen call for resignations at RFU

Three former chairmen of the RFU have called for the mass resignations of the union’s current hierarchy

The Independent UK

The tone deaf decision that has plunged England’s Rugby Football Union into crisis

Uproar over the payment of a large bonus at a time of financial strife has imperiled chief executive Bill Sweeney

The Guardian - UK

Premiership returns amid fanfare but old problems lurk in background

There are likely to be record ticket sales over Christmas but the financial and physical health of clubs and players respectively is still a concern

The Guardian - UK

Four Lions revealed to be part of group suing authorities over brain injuries

Lawyers have withdrawn their application for anonymity for 43 players in a lawsuit as World Rugby, RFU and WRU ask for end to delays in case

The Guardian - UK

RFU’s annual report shows a worrying decline. Has it lost its purpose?

Beneath headline figures of the chief executive’s bumper pay packet, what does the RFU stand for and want to achieve?

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