RFU to hold special general meeting after Six Nations over Bill Sweeney future

The SGM will take place in March or April after a U-turn from the RFU.

Bill Sweeney is under fire. Picture: Kirsty O’Connor/PA

The Rugby Football Union has agreed to hold a special general meeting after the Six Nations when chief executive Bill Sweeney will face calls for his removal.

A day after rejecting a letter from a grassroots revolt calling for a vote of no confidence in Sweeney on the grounds of bureaucratic technicalities, the RFU has performed a U-turn and the SGM will now take place in March or April.