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Council

Council Member (Year appointed)

Council Member (Year appointed)

Chairman    
Bill Beaumont (1999)

Vice-Chairman    
TBA

Argentina    
Sol Iglesias (2019)
Agustín Pichot (2023)
Gabriel Travaglini (2022)

Australia    
John Eales (2024)
Pip Marlow (2020)
Brett Robinson (2016)

Canada    
Sally Dennis (2023)

England    
Penny Stewart (2024)
Bill Sweeney (2019)
Jonathan Webb (2016)

Fiji    
Roverto Nayacalevu (2024)

France
Abdelatif Benazzi (2023)
Clotilde Delbos (2024)
Florian Grill (2023)

Georgia    
George Nijaradze (2016)

Ireland    
Susan Carty (2018)
John O’Driscoll (2015)
Kevin Potts (2022)

Italy    
Andrea Duodo (2024)
Erika Morri (2024)
Andrea Rinaldo (2024)

Japan    
Kensuke Iwabuchi (2020)
Akane Kagawa (2024)
Masato Tsuchida (2023)

New Zealand    
Deb Robinson (2018)
Mark Robinson (2015)
Bart Campbell (2020)

Romania    
Alin Petrache (2017)

Samoa    
Tuilaepa S. L. Malielegaoi (2019)

Scotland    
TBA
Gemma Fay (2023)
John McGuigan (2024)

South Africa    
Mark Alexander (2016)
Vanessa Doble (2019)
Rian Oberholzer (2023)

Uruguay    
Sebastian Piñeyrua (2024)

USA    
Bob Latham (2016)

Wales    
Richard Collier-Keywood (2023)
Claire Donovan (2023)
Abi Tierney (2024)

Asia Rugby    
Qais Al Dhalai (2022)
Ada Milby (2018)

Oceania Rugby    
Taylah Johnson (2024)
Richard Sapias (2016)

Rugby Africa    
Paulina Lanco (2023)
Herbert Mensah (2023)

Rugby Americas North    
Araba Chintoh (2024)
Cristina Flores (2018)

Rugby Europe    
Octavian Morariu (2013)
Veronika Muehlhofer (2018)

Sudamerica Rugby    
Marjorie Enya (2020)
Fernando Rizzi (2024)

Related documents and decisions

World Rugby Council Decisions

In accordance with Bye-Law 9 the World Rugby Council meets twice a year at an Annual Meeting and Interim Meeting of Council.

World Rugby Council Decisions

In accordance with Bye-Law 9 the World Rugby Council meets twice a year at an Annual Meeting and Interim Meeting of Council. The Powers of the World Rugby Council are set out in Bye-Law 9.6.

Following the conclusion of a World Rugby Council meeting, the decisions of Council are circulated to all Member Unions and Regional Associations, the decision letters (from 2021) may be found below.

Council decisions

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