Tom Ilube steps down as Rugby Football Union chairman, pre-empting the possibility of a grassroots rebellion forcing him out over executive bonuses.

Tom Ilube has resigned as chairman of the Rugby Football Union amid the ongoing controversy over executive pay.

Resigns after three years, saying ‘recent events have become a distraction’ amid crisis over handling of salary and bonus payments ...

RFU chairman Tom Ilube has stepped down from his position after widespread criticism from all corners of the game over the payment of executives at the organisation.

A two-thirds majority vote would then be required to oust chairman Ilube and press RFU directors to remove chief executive Sweeney whose compensation package triggered this crisis at the top of the ...

A two-thirds majority vote would then be required to oust chairman Ilube and press RFU directors to remove chief executive Sweeney whose compensation package triggered this crisis at the top of ...

The Rugby Football Union has announced an independent review of its controversial executive pay scheme as a growing grassroots rebellion threatens to force out bosses Bill Sweeney and Tom Ilube in ...

The RFU Council set up an immediate review into the circumstances surrounding the bonuses. Beaumont led England to a Grand Slam in the 1980 Six Nations Championship. Rugby's English County ...

RFU must step up The RFU has to move on from the scandal that has enveloped it. Tom Ilube has paid the price for the row over extortionate bonuses being paid to the governing body’s top brass ...

However, a group of co-opted members of the RFU Council - appointed to make the governing body more inclusive - have expressed their "anger and distress" Ilube has been "forced out", blaming ...

Sir Bill Beaumont has been appointed Rugby Football Union chairman on an interim basis following the resignation of Tom Ilube. Ilube stepped down on Friday morning in response to the outcry over the ...