Agustin Pichot will run against incumbent Bill Beaumont for the top job in World Rugby this month, the outspoken former Argentina international announced in a surprise move yesterday. Pichot, who won 71 caps for the Pumas and has served as a World Rugby vice-chairman under former England skipper Beaumont for the last four years, promised radical change if he was elected chairman. Pichot was the driving force behind the concept of the Nations Championship, a global league for the top 12 test nations which would have allowed other countries to share in the riches of European rugby. “It is time to redefine the future of rugby, our game. It is time to align rugby globally, moving forward as one, truly global game not falling back as lone unions or federations.”

Source: The Star April 13, 2020 01:52 UTC