Martyn Thomas was forced to step down as chairman of the RFU earlier in the year
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Gavin Mairs, writing in the Telegraph, suggests the Rugby Football Union is set for a dramatic overhaul that will see significant changes to the way in which rugby is governed in England.
"It is understood that the sweeping changes are to be proposed when the review of the RFU’s corporate governance structures and practices, undertaken by law firm Slaughter and May, is put to the council meeting at Twickenham on Dec 2.
"The review, which has been headed up by Nigel Boardman, a partner at the firm, and was set up in response to one of the recommendations in the Blackett report, is also expected to recommend that the chairman’s term be limited to four years, replacing the open-ended process with two periods of two years.
"The move is designed to prevent a repeat of the scenario that saw former chairman Martyn Thomas hold the position for six years before he was forced to resign after criticism of his behaviour in the Blackett report into the sacking of John Steele as chief executive."
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