Bill Beaumont has been named interim chairman of the England Rugby Football Union hours after Tom Ilube resigned because of an outcry over executive payouts
LONDON (AP) -- Bill Beaumont was named interim chairman of the England Rugby Football Union on Friday, hours after Tom Ilube resigned because of an outcry over executive payouts.
Beaumont, who finished leading World Rugby last month, was considered a steadying presence at a time when grassroots supporters were in uproar at the pay and bonuses of RFU leaders while the union was reporting unprecedented losses and laying off employees.
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