SA has another seat at World Rugby’s top table. SA Rugby president Mark Alexander has been elected to World Rugby’s executive council following elections held in Dublin. He will join another South African‚ Wendy Luhabe‚ who has served on the executive as an independent member. Alexander beat former Irish flanker John O’Driscoll‚ who toured SA with the British and Irish Lions in 1980‚ to the seat. Alexander will be aware of the need to establish himself among the game’s power brokers and affect decisions that impact on SA as a major rugby nation. It was he who presided over a failed bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup when SA lost out to France in 2017. Decisions affecting match officials is another area in which SA needs to more vociferously state its case on the global stage. When asked if the country needs to make its voice heard more forcefully at the game’s highest level‚ Alexander said from Dublin: “World Rugby is moving into a phase where they want to embed stronger corporate...
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