O’Neill tipped to chair IRB

AUSTRALIAN Rugby Union chief John O’Neill could be in line to replace the late Vernon Pugh QC as the Chairman of the International Rugby Board (IRB).

O'Neill, Scotland's Allan Hosie and France's Bernard Lapasset are now ranked as the favourites to take over as the new IRB chief.

Ireland's Dr Syd Millar deputised for Pugh when he first took ill nearly a year ago, but Millar has already indicated that he does not want the job for good.