adminFrenchman Bernard Lapasset as International Rugby Board chairman.
At an IRB Council meeting in Los Angeles on Monday, Lapasset was returned for a second term in the hot seat by a narrow 14-12 margin over New Zealand’s preferred leader, Englishman Bill Beaumont.
New Zealand Rugby Union chief executive Steve Tew believes the closeness of the vote sent a strong message that change is necessary in the way the sport is run.
During the recent Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, Tew threatened to pull the champion All Blacks from the next edition of the sport’s global showpiece in 2015 unless there was a shake-up.
He argued that IRB regulations surrounding participation in the World Cup led to combined losses for the major rugby unions of around 35-40 million pounds (US$55-63 million). Although he believed Beaumont was the best man to initiate a new era for rugby, Tew told Fairfax Media from Los Angeles he was confident Lapasset would address the issues. – AFP).
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