What is the RFU Mission statement?

To be the worst Sports Administration body in the world through incompetence, internal wrangling and wanton sub-optimisation in decision making.

Really and truly they could do worse by engaging Sepp Blatter as CEO to complete the job.

What confidence will a newly-appointed management/coaching team have in their roles and jobs knowing that the management board is in turmoil and that there is every likelihood of a blood-bath in the corridors of power?

Bayfield : http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15753083.stm

Dawson : http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15760700.stm

Wilkinson, Moody, Easter, Thompson etc. - all of the retiring English stalwarts - none have faulted MJ in any way despite the fact that they could have to jack up their 'autobiography' sales. (a la 2007 retirees).

Indeed Moody 'regrets' not have insisted on terminating the notorious bar incident. He should have done. But whether he would have persuaded a certain member of the Royle family to desist is arguable

RFU mission statement.

To appoint Elite Directors to be in charge of the England Team set up but take zero responsibility for the England Team.

To make knee jerk reactions to every situation in the worst possible way.

To have as little transparency as possible so no one knows what they do.

"To have as little transparency as possible so no one knows what they do."

Sounds like a job I for me!!! And everyone else too I reckon!

To be honest I think the WRU are worse. And the SRU is in a league of its own. Many unions are incompetent. But the SRU sometimes seem to be actively destroying Scottish rugby.

Portnoy wrote:To be the worst Sports Administration body in the world through incompetence, internal wrangling and wanton sub-optimisation in decision making.

Really and truly they could do worse by engaging Sepp Blatter as CEO to complete the job.

What confidence will a newly-appointed management/coaching team have in their roles and jobs knowing that the management board is in turmoil and that there is every likelihood of a blood-bath in the corridors of power?

Well they have got some way to go before they are as weak as SARU. We bend over for SANZAR nations, we advertise vaseline to ease those bending sessions, we give our money away, we appoint coaches for non rugby reasons, we do nothing about our SANZAR partners incompetent referees.

Our threats to leave SANZAR is about as empty as Bryce Lawrence's christmass bag from South Africa.

MONEY MONEY MONEY and self intrest!!!!!!

money, money, money, power, power power, egocentric personalities, nepotism etc.

Waaay too many big words there biltong!!! LOL!

p.s. note the way I spelt Waaay for you???