Rugby Football Union Chair Tom Ilube is "set to step down amid the row over executive pay," with former World Rugby Chair Bill Beaumont lined up to become interim chair. Ilube was "persuaded to step down in the face of growing anger from figures at all levels of the professional and amateur game" (London TIMES, 12/19).
GAA officials "approached RTE with a proposal to buy out Montrose's" 50% share in GAAGo, moving the establishment of a GAA TV enterprise "a step closer" (IRISH TIMES, 12/19).
