Former Rugby Canada chair Sally Dennis elected to World Rugby executive board
DUBLIN — Former Rugby Canada chair Sally Dennis has been elected to World Rugby’s executive board.
The Vancouver lawyer received 28 votes from the World Rugby Council, ahead of Uruguay’s Sebastian Pineyrua (18 votes) and Samoa’s Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (five) for the non-high-performance union position on the panel that essentially acts as the world governing body’s board of directors.
Canada has not had representation on the board in recent history.
The board will be led by Australia’s Brett Robinson, who beat out France’s Abdelatif Benazzi and Italy’s Andrea Rinaldo in the race to succeed Sir Bill Beaumont as World Rugby chair. Beaumont, a former England captain, is stepping down after two four-year terms at the helm.