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  • RFU CEO Sweeney faces no confidence vote today

    Sport Business

    Bill Sweeney could be ousted as Rugby Football Union chief executive this evening when member clubs vote on his future. Sweeney has been fighting for his future since the RFU’s latest accounts revealed he received a £1.1m pay package – including a £300,000 bonus – for the 2023 financial year despite the union making losses [...]

    Bill Sweeney could be ousted as Rugby Football Union chief executive this evening when member clubs vote on his future.
  • Sweeney should get RFU bonus if he earned it. He didn’t, so shouldn’t

    Sport Business

    England Rugby’s CEO Bill Sweeney should get a hefty pay package, but only if the numbers add up. They don’t, so he shouldn’t, argues Matt Hardy Should the chief executive of a major organisation receive a bonus for the work they do? For some it will depend on where they stand on the morality of [...]

    England Rugby’s CEO Bill Sweeney should get a hefty pay package, but only if the numbers add up. They don’t, so he shouldn’t.

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