The RFU Board suffered a seismic SGM defeat at Twickenham on Friday night of such magnitude that it is hard to see how it will not be dismantled, at least in part, by the shockwaves.

Board resolutions which would have given its 12 directors overarching power on all rugby union decision-making in England, with democratic checks and balances through Council veto to be removed.
They were defeated resoundingly by clubs and Council members under the umbrella of the Whole Game Union (WGU), who won by a 55 per cent to 45 per cent majority vote among 855 member clubs.
There were strong indicators t...