In 2017 the RFU adopted term limits for members of the RFU Council. In 2020, a number of Council Members will come to the end of their maximum terms, meaning that there will be vacancies on the Council. In other cases some Council members will come to the end of an initial term but will be eligible for re-election.
In March 2020 elections will take place in the following geographical Constituent Bodies: Durham, Middlesex, Lancashire, Gloucestershire, Cambridge University, Oxford University, Essex, Warwickshire, Somerset, Buckinghamshire, North Midlands, Sussex plus the RAF Rugby Union, the Royal Navy Rugby Union, the England Rugby Football Schools Union, the Students Rugby Union, the National Clubs Association and the Championship Clubs Committee. In many cases the incumbent Council member is eligible for re-election.
Those Constituent Bodies will send out further details to member clubs in the New Year if they have not done so already.
The RFU Council is an important body within the game, representing the interests of clubs, other rugby bodies and participants, and provides monitoring and oversight on behalf of the game. A role description for a Council member can be found here.
It is important that the Council is representative of the players and those other involved in the game, and so we would welcome a wide range of people putting themselves forward for election, especially women and those from a BAME background. Please contact your Constituent Body or Angus Bujalski, Legal and Governance Director at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further information.
With the introduction of maximum terms of office for Council members, 2020 will see a large number of elections being run by CBs and National Representative Bodies (NRBs). With elections high in the public consciousness, external scrutiny on election processes will only increase, and so we have refreshed and built up guidance, which you can find here, for CBs and NRBs when running these elections. This has been put together with input from CB volunteers, so thank you to those who have inputted. If there are any queries, please contact Angus Bujalski, whose email address is above.
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