World Rugby Board elections
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Beaumont, please.
Pichot is about as pro SH rugby as your average NH paid rugby scribe. He knows which side his bread is buttered on, and it ain't one which is good for NZ, or Oz rugby.
Under Pichot, you would have a tournament which included the 6N, SA, Japan & Argentina.
Beaumont maybe one of the Cucumber sandwich brigade, but he's a lot more trustworthy IMHO.
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A cautious vote to re-elect Sir Bill Beaumont from me. He is one of the cucumber sandwich/flat warm beer brigade but he loves the game and its traditions. He's more effective than Vernon Pugh or Syd Miller were, but not as dynamic as Bernard Lapasset.
Commercially the Rugby World Cup in Japan was a great success. Lions tours are superb entertianment. The 6 Nations (besides the farcical games against Italy) remains a commerical and media hit. The Rugby Championship is okay but gets overshadowed in a RWC year. Before the virus hit the game was making progress in Japan and the US.
Four issues need World Rugby's action:
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Make June and November internationals more meaningful. Move towards a global season.
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Unions in Europe need to have more control over their clubs who frequently act in their own short-term interest rather than the good of the game.
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A better financial deal for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific teams. Unions that produce talent should be rewarded for it.
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Set up a committee to simplify and shorten the law book.
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@mariner4life said in World Rugby chairman election:
@Machpants said in World Rugby chairman election:
Ugh nothing like a bit of corruption and nepotism to really help stink the place up
is there any role Cliff Curtis can't play?
My very first thought on seeing that come up... "Uncle Bully!", and very next post - see I'm 22 hours too late to the party.
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@nzzp I hadnt even seen it first time around, @mariner4life probably hasnt seen this either
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Hopefully a fatal blow to NH Beau and his dodgy French deal with the convicted killer. Doubt it, but one can only hope.
Key Bill Beaumont supporter forced to quit World Rugby council
Francis Kean, a key supporter of Bill Beaumont’s bid for re-election as World Rugby’s chairman, has resigned after World Rugby and Beaumont put considerable pressure on the Fiji Rugby Union to act over mounting allegations
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@Machpants The Guardian seems more upset he used homophobic language than kicked a man to death at a wedding reception.
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The ever trustworthy Herald suggests Fiji will have the deciding vote, and haven't decided how to cast it.
This election probably has more potential to affect the global game than most other stuff at the moment - I don't know enough to be well informed, but the media seem to be telling me that I should be supporting the greasy argie, rather than the gin swilling pom (see Guardian- racist offensive language!)
Also, still chortling about the Cliff Curtis line from above
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12326528
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@antipodean said in World Rugby chairman election:
@Machpants The Guardian seems more upset he used homophobic language than kicked a man to death at a wedding reception.
you're not wrong.
Francis Kean, the chairman of the Fiji Rugby Union and a key supporter of Bill Beaumont’s bid for re-election as World Rugby’s chairman, has stood down from the global governing body’s council amid allegations of homophobia and discrimination.
oh yeah, and he also killed someone onceThis represents the modern
worldmedia in a nutshell. Racism, homophobia and sexism is worse optics than killing someone.Edit: changed 'world' to 'media'. Real world doesn't always have the same values.
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Imagine the righteousness when they find out he also has unpaid parking fines.
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@antipodean said in World Rugby chairman election:
Imagine the righteousness when they find out he also has unpaid parking fines.
I'm sure when he explains his difficult childhood in which he was occasionally given a smack on the backside, all will be forgiven...
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