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    IN TOUCH

    Aug 30, 2022 3 minutes

    Rugby must face reality

    Your intriguing 50 Most Influential People In Rugby feature (September 2022 issue) sidesteps the reality that the game’s two most high-profile administrators have ignored the obvious law changes needed to end the injuries crisis.

    Sir Bill Beaumont (30 on the list) overseeing World Rugby “doubling welfare investment”, and RFU CEO Bill Sweeney (12) allowing the Premiership to gain a stranglehold on the English club scene, will do nothing to end the fact rugby’s all important skill/power balance has been

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