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Robot rugby may be a way off but art of coaching is making way for science

As data reshapes coaching and tactics at club and international level, the numbers are increasingly king

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2025

English clubs urged to vote for Bill Sweeney’s removal at RFU meeting

The chair of Nottingham Rugby has written an open letter taking aim at ‘severe failures’ by the current leadership team

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2025

Premiership ready to rumble again with a post-Six Nations glow

The English top flight has clouds on its horizon but it returns with Derby Weekend full of promise and intrigue

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2025

Commercial director behind £100m deal resigns in latest setback to RFU

Stuart Ramsey, who was instrumental to securing a £100m naming rights deal for Twickenham with Allianz last year, handed in his notice last month

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2025

No confidence vote risks sending English rugby into ‘paralysis’, clubs told

Chief executive Bill Sweeney will face a vote of no-confidence at a special general meeting in late March

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2025

‘Clubs are going to disappear’: grassroots rugby crying for help in Six Nations’ shadow

The community game’s feedback for the Bills, Sweeney and Beaumont, makes for painful reading as RFU hits the road in week of Calcutta Cup

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2025

Review finds controversial RFU bonus scheme was ‘well-reasoned and appropriate’

Chief executive Bill Sweeney has been under fire since accepting a bonus of nearly £400,000 in a year in which the RFU announced record losses

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025

It’s time for Steve Borthwick to deliver and this England decision will decide Six Nations fate

SIX NATIONS 2025: A trip to the champions in Dublin to begin a pivotal Six Nations campaign, Harry Latham-Coyle examines how Steve Borthwick hopes to spark a reaction against Ireland following a dismal 2024

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025

Beaumont defends RFU’s Sweeney and takes aim at ‘personal attack’ on CEO

The Rugby Football Union’s interim chairman Bill Beaumont has written a letter urging the governing body’s members to vote against a resolution to remove Bill Sweeney

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025

Besieged Bill Sweeney battles on – but the RFU is no longer remotely fit for purpose

As the chief executive’s future hangs in the balance, it is time for radical reform of English rugby’s governing body

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025