Bigwigs back in the box

IT IS understood that the 12 past presidents of the RFU, who had a meeting at Twickenham last week to discuss financial management following a damning report by former chief executive Francis Baron, are likely to be restored to the Royal Box for the autumn internationals.

This follows most of them being moved elsewhere for the last Six Nations game against Ireland, which some at the RFU believe lit the blue touch paper for the privileged members’ recent battle with the current regime.

Meanwhile, what does it say about the RFU redundancy programme which led to 62 people losing their jobs that one of those casualties, Ben Calveley, has been appointed managing director of the British and Irish lions? lONE of the more ridiculous appointments in football has to be BT football commentator Darren Fletcher’s other role as vice-chairman of Notts County. It doesn’t seem to be working, as Notts are bottom of