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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Duncan Bech

Bill Sweeney survives vote of no confidence at Rugby Football Union SGM

Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney has survived a vote of no confidence held at a special general meeting where he faced a call for his dismissal by the board.

A community game uprising gathered enough support to trigger the RFU’s first SGM for 20 years and tabled the motion for Sweeney’s contract to be terminated as soon as possible.

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