Confronting and managing an unprecedented financial crisis. Uniting the northern and southern hemispheres in one global calendar.
Maintaining the growth of the women’s and sevens games. All while not even knowing exactly when rugby can return following the coronavirus outbreak.
Bill Beaumont has quite the job on his hands after getting re-elected as chairman of World Rugby — the most powerful position in the sport. “It’s ‘roll your sleeves up’ time,” Beaumont said Sunday as he laid out his hopes, plans and concerns heading into his second four-year term in charge of the global governing body after beating Agustin Pichot in the election.