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Revealed: English rugby plots franchise revolution • Apr. 18, 2025, 5:07 AM ET (The Telegraph)
Bill Sweeney: What next for English rugby after RFU chief executive survives no-confidence vote? • Mar. 28, 2025, 4:53 AM ET (BBC)
Bill Sweeney: RFU chief executive survives no-confidence vote at special general meeting • Mar. 28, 2025, 2:53 AM ET (BBC)
Rugby Football Union: Beaumont warns against rebel vote • Mar. 27, 2025, 5:08 AM ET (BBC)

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Also Known As RFU • Rugby Union
Date 1871 - present
Areas Of Involvement rugby
Related People William Wavell Wakefield, Baron Wakefield • Henry Vassall

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