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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harry Latham-Coyle

RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney survives vote of no confidence at special general meeting

Bill Sweeney, the chief executive of England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU), has survived a vote of no confidence after a special general meeting of the organisation.

Sweeney has faced calls to resign his position since the RFU annual report revealed in November that the English rugby chief had accepted a bonus of £358,000 in a year that the union reported record losses.

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