At the time of writing World Rugby boasts 132 members and affiliate nations and at the forthcoming World Cup nine of the 20 participating teams are from non-English speaking nations.
So how many of the 12-strong World Rugby Executive Committee come from the non-English speaking rugby world? You possibly won’t be surprised to hear that the answer is none, zero, nought.

The election of Ireland’s Su Carty and Ada Milby – American-born and bred but representing Asia via her position with the Philippines Union – may have given women a welcome place on the board but the dominance of English spea...