RFU chief executive’s salary rose to £1.1m despite redundancies and record losses

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  • Bill Sweeney received hike despite £37.9m loss
  • RFU announced 42 redundancies in September

The Rugby Football Union chief executive, Bill Sweeney, was paid a staggering £1.1m for the 2023-24 financial year despite record losses and swingeing job cuts at the governing body.

Sweeney’s basic salary rose from £684,000 to £742,000 – an increase of 8.5% – and he was awarded £358,000 as part of a long-term incentive plan linked to the union’s post‑Covid recovery, for the year ending June 2024.

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Written by Gerard Meagher
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