Rugby community game clubs have called for a special general meeting to demand the removal of Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney following a pay scandal and claims of poor governance.
Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney is to face demands for his removal after a community game revolt submitted its request for a special general meeting on a night of acrimony between the warring parties. A total of 141 signatories are included on the letter that was sent to the RFU on Thursday, easily exceeding the 100 member clubs needed to trigger an SGM under the governing body's rules.
'The RFU can play for time all it likes, but this is a mass movement by a stronger, united team,' the spokesperson said. 'Splitting hairs about the rules of what is or isn't a valid complaint form is merely postponing the inevitable.' It was revealed in the RFU's accounts published in November that Sweeney received pay of £1.1m for the 2023-24 financial year, which comprised of an increased salary of £742,000 and a bonus of £358,000.
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