UK government appoints advisers to aid RFU with rugby union financial crisis

Ralph Rimmer and Chris Pilling appointed by DCMS‘Worcester, Wasps and London Irish have laid bare challenges’

The government has intervened in the growing financial crisis engulfing rugby union in England by appointing two independent advisers to assist with the “urgent work” required to help secure the sport’s immediate future.

With London Irish teetering on the brink of suspension from the Premiership, and becoming the third club kicked out of league inside eight months, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has acted by turning to Ralph Rimmer, the former chief executive of the Rugby Football League, and the current UK Sport board member Chris Pilling.

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