Gus Pichot
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Rugby union looking at success of rugby league as a summer sport
- Rugby
- June 7, 2020, 10:21
English RFU chief Bill Sweeney has pointed to the success of rugby league to show that union could work as a summer sport. Sweeney is a member of the(...)

The Offload: Laporte’s Fiji move raises moral and ethical concerns
- Rugby
- April 20, 2020, 09:00
Fiji, Laporte and rugby politics That it requires fresh allegations to stop World Rugby glossing over the fact that a convicted killer sits at their (...)

The Offload: Agustín Pichot is rugby’s great hope of going global
- Rugby
- April 13, 2020, 10:00
The Argentine Revolt Agustín Pichot is rugby union’s best chance of becoming a truly global game. The former Argentinean scrumhalf is challenging the(...)

Schmidt unimpressed by Pichot’s comments on Toner’s omission
- International
- September 4, 2019, 06:00
Joe Schmidt has dismissed the opinions of the high-profile World Rugby vice -president Agustin Pichot as irrelevant after the former Pumas scrumhalf s(...)

Joe Schmidt hits back at Gus Pichot over selection of residency players
- International
- September 3, 2019, 15:01
Irish coach Joe Schmidt has dismissed as irrelevant the position of World Rugby vice-chairman Gus Pichot, who said that Devin Toner should be asking W(...)

Rugby is playing roulette with welfare of brightest and best
- International
- November 10, 2018, 09:00
Still they leave. During the week, the Ulster flanker Chris Henry announced his retirement from rugby with immediate effect. He said that the sport th(...)

Rugby World Cup bid: Quiet deals outmanoeuvred Ireland
- International
- November 18, 2017, 06:00
At the end of several World Cup 2023 bid presentations, in far-flung rugby outposts, the hosts would wonder aloud: “What are you going to do for us?” (...)