The Guardian report that Bill Beaumont's bid to become International Rugby Board chairman has been dealt a blow.
"Bill Beaumont's bid to become the chairman of the International Rugby Board suffered a blow on Sunday when the Asian Rugby Union mandated its delegate to vote for the incumbent, Bernard Lapasset.
"The IRB council meets in Los Angeles on 12 December to decide the chairmanship, having failed to do so at a stormy gathering in Auckland last month when it was agreed to defer the decision to allow tempers to cool down.
"The successful candidate will need 14 votes. Asia's decision at a meeting in Laos to elect Japan's Koji Tokumasu as its delegate rather than the Beaumont‑supporting Trevor Gregory from Hong Kong leaves the current chairman with a potential majority."
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