‘Enormous and irreparable damage’: former chairmen call for resignations at RFU

Anger at salary and bonuses paid to top executivesRFU reported £40m loss and made staff redundant

Three former chairmen of the Rugby Football Union have called for the mass resignations of the union’s current hierarchy in the wake of the row over record financial losses and the salary and bonuses paid out to its top executives.

In a year when the union has reported an annual loss of almost £40m, the RFU’s chief executive Bill Sweeney was paid a total of £1.1m, comprising a salary of £742,000 and a long-term incentive plan (LTIP) bonus of £358,000.

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