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World Rugby elects Brett Robinson as chair, plus more
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Brett Robinson elected as World Rugby’s first southern hemisphere chair
Brett Robinson has been elected as the new World Rugby chair by a narrow vote of 27 to 25 over Abdel Benazzi, replacing the outgoing chairman Bill Beaumont. Two rounds of voting took place at World Rugby’s headquarters in Dublin,
Robinson to be landmark World Rugby chair
Brett Robinson will become the first World Rugby chair from the southern hemisphere after winning the election to succeed England's Bill Beaumont.
Australian Brett Robinson voted in as first non-European chairman of World Rugby
Brett Robinson, a former Australia back-row forward, has been elected as the first non-European chairman of World Rugby, the sport's global governing body. The 54-year-old Robinson beat Abdelatif Benazzi and Andrea Rinaldo in the voting for the most powerful position in rugby on Thursday and will succeed Bill Beaumont in the role.
Brett Robinson, once a Wallaby, is now at rugby's helm
Former Wallaby Brett Robinson has been elected as the chair of World Rugby, the first official from the Southern Hemisphere to take the reins of the sport.
Australian Robinson edges Benazzi to head World Rugby
Australia's Brett Robinson became the first chairman of World Rugby from the southern hemisphere after edging French rival Abdelatif Benazzi in a vote on Thursday. Robinson obtained 27 votes with Benazzi receiving 25 in the second round of World Rugby Council voting.

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