Baron accuses RFU of ‘deliberate obfuscation’
By NICK CAIN

Francis Baron has accused the RFU hierarchy of publishing misleading interpretations of its own financial position, which he believes is increasingly precarious, and is being ‘misrepresented’ to its 1,200 member clubs.
Baron, a former RFU chief executive with 25 years’ Board level experience in five PLC companies, including an impressive 12-year record in managing RFU finances, points to the massaging of a £6.3m loss in 2022-23 as the tip of a huge financial iceberg which the RFU’s own forecasts predict will result in a £50.1m lo...