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RFU chief Sweeney survives no-confidence vote

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Thursday, 27 March 2025 11:20

Speaking against the motion, RFU board member Wayne Barnes strenuously defended Sweeney's record in his six years in the role, and said his departure would leave a significant void at the top of English rugby.

"He takes all of those relationships, that experience and that influence with him," former referee Barnes said.

"The void would be filled by someone who does not know the landscape."

Barnes also insisted the majority of referees did not back the motion, despite the Rugby Football Referees' Union bringing the motion in the first place.

"This is a time for rugby to now come together," Barnes said. "I really hope we can start to celebrate the enormous positives there are in the game."

However, speaking on behalf of the RFU board, Barnes pledged the powers-that-be will continue to listen to the game in a bid to end months of discord and heal the cracks in English rugby.

"There is clearly a lot of work to be done to restore our relationship with the community game," he added. "We need to focus on restoring trust."

A second motion, which was brought forward by the RFU board, called for the expedition of governance reform, devolving more power to the community game.

This motion was passed by 554 votes to 127.

"These reforms will represent a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the RFU," said Paula Carter, RFU board member and council member for Surrey.

Beaumont added: "Let us put this period of infighting behind us, and instead, unite behind a common mission to modernise the union and its structures.

"Members have now given us an overwhelming mandate to shake up the archaic structures of how the game is run here, which continue to hold us back.

"The RFU wants to modernise, and this is an unprecedented opportunity to do exactly that."

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