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    RFU executives should be sacked after ‘shocking’ comments, says chairman behind 2003 World Cup win

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    Graeme Cattermole has condemned senior figures over the salary scandal engulfing the sport

    Gavin Mairs

    A former chairman of the Rugby Football Union has called on the governing body’s chief executive Bill Sweeney, its chair Tom Ilube and president Rob Udwin to resign or be sacked because of the salary scandal that has sparked widespread fury across the game in England.

    Graeme Cattermole, who was chairman of the governing body when England won the World Cup in 2003, called for their immediate departures in response to Telegraph Sport’s investigation into the crisis that has gripped the game.

    The senior leadership of the RFU has come under fire across the sport, from the England squad to the grass-roots game, after it was revealed last week that Sweeney was paid £1.1 million and five executive directors shared almost £1 million in extra bonuses despite the organisation losing a record £37.9 million last year and recently making 42 staff redundant.

    “There is no doubt that Ilube and Sweeney should be sacked by any means possible,” wrote Cattermole in response to an article written by Telegraph Sport headlined Inside the bonus scandal that ripped apart English rugby.

    “All options should be explored at pace. Even Udwin should resign after I read the full contents of his incredible letter to the RFU past presidents. It is shocking.”

    Udwin has come under fire for dismissing the furore over the governing body’s salary and bonus payments as a result of “media spinning” and clickbait in a letter designed to quell any signs of revolt within the RFU council and from former presidents.

    Telegraph Sport last week revealed that council members were also attempting to garner support for the 20 votes needed to call a special meeting to hold a vote of no confidence in Ilube, and put pressure on the RFU board to sack Sweeney.

    ‘Those in charge should hang their heads in shame’

    Cattermole, who has been a long-standing critic of the RFU’s financial management, was stripped of his “privilege member” status of the governing body in 2018 for his criticisms of the previous chief executive Steve Brown that led to his resignation that year, after the organisation posted the previous record loss of £30.9 million.

    “Losses have continued and, on its own calculations previously published to the RFU council, their losses are to continue over the next seven to 10 years totally in the region of £160 million,” Cattermole told Telegraph Sport.

    “How can a business like the RFU continue to be conducted on such a large loss-making basis? Those in charge, namely the RFU management board should hang their heads in shame for allowing this to happen. The main individuals responsible have been Ilube and Sweeney. The situation is an absolute disgrace and cannot be allowed to continue.”

    Sweeney is due to hold a town hall meeting with beleaguered RFU staff on Monday afternoon, and is expected to receive a hostile reception, given that the organisation has just made 42 people redundant and further cost-cutting expected.

    Staff are furious that the six-strong executive director team have been awarded a total of £1.3 million in long-term incentive plan bonuses – on top of their annual bonus and salary – that were brought in only for them during the Covid pandemic.

    Udwin in his letter defended the LTIP bonus scheme, which included a £358,000 payment to Sweeney on top of his £742,000 salary (which had also risen by 8.5 per cent), despite being paid out when the RFU had just posted a record deficit.

    “During the pandemic, the executive team took deeper and longer salary cuts than the rest of the organisation along with a reduced bonus,” Udwin wrote. “The LTIP recognised the material and voluntary reduction in remuneration, despite an exceptional increase in workload; while also incentivising the executive team to remain in post for at least three years to qualify, to deliver against challenging multiyear targets, and to ensure stability in the organisation at a time of significant uncertainty.

    “The LTIP was paid out at 77.5 per cent which was the percentage of metrics achieved against the challenging targets set. It is a matter of timing that the three-year LTIP vested in the year which has the lowest revenue of our four-year cycle. The need to move forward strongly from 2021 was compelling and a three-year LTIP is normal. A delay would have been damaging, and a shorter or longer LTIP would have been less effective.”

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