Rob Andrew could yet hang on to his role at the Rugby Football Union as support in the organisation is growing for him amid overwhelming public criticism during a torrid week for the organisation, sccording to the Sunday Telegraph's Brendan Gallagher.
"Many RFU members feel the elite rugby director has become the target of an ill-disguised campaign to oust him by parts of the media and want him to stay to take control of the escalating crisis.
"They are determined the media should not be allowed to act as judge and jury and want the “head on a plate” of the person responsible for leaking the damaging Rugby Players’ Association reports.
"The issue will come to a head at a meeting of the board of directors on Wednesday when the acting chief executive, Martyn Thomas, who has never hidden his support for a return to the RFU for Sir Clive Woodward, could force a vote of confidence in Andrew.
"But an RFU council member told The Sunday Telegraph that there was widespread alarm within the organisation about who was “captaining the ship” and that now was not the time to be ditching an experienced older hand who had shown his willingness to fight the RFU’s corner when others have been diving for cover."
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