By NICK CAIN

The RFU Council has challenged the leadership of the RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney and Board chairman Tom Ilube in the biggest upheaval that English rugby’s governing body has faced this century.
A letter signed by 30 members of the 65-strong Council has raised grave concerns over the Board’s management of the game, stating that it is failing by “providing insufficient leadership, controls, and scrutiny over the performance of the RFU executive”.
The letter backs up a series of reports in The Rugby Paper that the RFU is facing serious financial difficulties, by stating that...