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Speaking against the motion, RFU board member Wayne Barnes strenuously defended Sweeney’s record in his six years in the role, and said his departure would leave a significant void at the top of English rugby.<\/p>\n
“He takes all of those relationships, that experience and that influence with him,” Barnes said.<\/p>\n
“The void would be filled by someone who does not know the landscape.”<\/p>\n
Barnes also insisted the majority of referees did not back the motion, despite the Rugby Football Referees’ Union [RFRU] bringing the motion in the first place.<\/p>\n
“This is a time for rugby to now come together,” Barnes said.<\/p>\n
“I really hope we can start to celebrate the enormous positives there are in the game.”<\/p>\n
However, speaking on behalf of the RFU board, Barnes pledged the powers-that-be will continue to listen to the game in a bid to end months of discord and heal the cracks in English rugby.<\/p>\n
“There is clearly a lot of work to be done to restore our relationship with the community game,” he added.<\/p>\n
“We need to focus on restoring trust.”<\/p>\n
Through the course of a 58-minute discussion, various club members, constituent bodies, council and board members spoke up either in support or defence of the motion, before the vote was taken.<\/p>\n
The motion received 466 votes against it, 206 voted for it, with 36 abstaining.<\/p>\n
A second motion, which was brought forward by the RFU board, called for the expedition of governance reform, devolving more power to the community game.<\/p>\n
“These reforms will represent a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the RFU,” said Paula Carter, RFU board member and council member for Surrey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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