RFU chief Sweeney wins confidence vote

Members back him by 466 votes to 206.

Bill Sweeney has survived a vote of no confidence. Pic: Kirsty O’Connor/PA

Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney has survived a vote of no confidence held at a special general meeting where he faced a call for his dismissal by the board.

A community game uprising gathered enough support to trigger the RFU’s first SGM for 20 years and tabled the motion for Sweeney’s contract to be terminated as soon as possible.