“Part of that will be a model whereby you qualify for an expansion league in the Premiership, but based on criteria around financial sustainability, fanbase and stadium, not just performance on the field of play. “It wouldn’t be your traditional one-up, one-down situation, but if you are not meeting certain standards on and off the...
Despite suggestions before the SGM that it would be just the start, not the end, of the rebellion, Sweeney’s opponents struck a more conciliatory tone when they spoke to the BBC afterwards. They stressed that forcing the SGM and making the RFU board answerable to the game at large was a victory in itself. Meanwhile,...
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Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney has survived a vote of no-confidence at a special general meeting. 65% voted against the motion, which had called for the RFU board to terminate Sweeney’s appointment. “I am pleased to see such a decisive outcome,” said interim chairman Sir Bill Beaumont. “I trust those who supported the...
Exeter City captain Pierce Sweeney has been ruled out for the rest of the season as he requires surgery on a long-standing hip problem, says manager Gary Caldwell. The 30-year-old has not played since suffering a calf injury in December. And Caldwell now expects to have his skipper back in time for pre-season. “He had...