World Rugby elects 1st Southern Hemisphere chair

World Rugby elects first Southern Hemisphere chair as ex-Wallaby replaces Bill Beaumont
Former Wallaby Brett Robinson has been elected as the new chair of World Rugby, replacing the outgoing Bill Beaumont, following two rounds of voting.
Brett Robinson elected as World Rugby’s first southern hemisphere chair
Brett Robinson has been elected as the new World Rugby chair by a narrow vote of 27 to 25 over Abdel Benazzi, replacing the outgoing chairman Bill Beaumont. Two rounds of voting took place at World Rugby’s headquarters in Dublin,
Robinson to be landmark World Rugby chair
Brett Robinson will become the first World Rugby chair from the southern hemisphere after winning the election to succeed England's Bill Beaumont.
Rugby-New chairman Robinson impatient for change at World Rugby
Australian Brett Robinson, who was elected chairman of World Rugby on Thursday, stood on a platform of expansion and change for the game as it approaches the start of its fourth decade as a professional sport.
World Rugby election: Australian Brett Robinson elected chair
World Rugby elected Brett Robinson of Australia as its new chair on Thursday, replacing the sport's previous chief, Bill Beaumont.
Australian Brett Robinson voted in as first non-European chairman of World Rugby
Brett Robinson, a former Australia back-row forward, has been elected as the first non-European chairman of World Rugby, the sport's global governing body. The 54-year-old Robinson beat Abdelatif Benazzi and Andrea Rinaldo in the voting for the most powerful position in rugby on Thursday and will succeed Bill Beaumont in the role.
Rugby-Robinson elected chairman of World Rugby
Australian Brett Robinson was elected chairman of World Rugby on Thursday following two rounds of voting at the 2024 Interim meeting of Council in Dublin. Robinson, 54, is the first permanent chairman of the global governing body from the southern hemisphere,
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Dennis received 28 votes from the World Rugby Council, ahead of Uruguay’s Sebastian Pineyrua and Samoa’s Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi for the non-high-performance union position on the panel
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