{"id":14517,"date":"2020-05-13T09:09:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T13:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14517"},"modified":"2020-05-13T12:10:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T16:10:23","slug":"pichot-resigns-from-wrc-after-losing-election-to-bill-beaumont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14517","title":{"rendered":"Pichot Resigns From WRC After Losing Election To Bill Beaumont"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Agustin Pichot has announced his resignation from the World Rugby Council in the wake of his defeat to Bill Beaumont in the election for World Rugby chairman earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The 45-year-old Pichot, who had served as Beaumont\u2019s vice-chairman for the past four years, will give up his respective roles as Americas Rugby president and the Argentine Rugby Union\u2019s representative.<\/p>\n

Pichot said in a statement: \u201cAs of today, I have decided not to continue as a UAR representative on the World Rugby Council, nor as a member of the RWC Board, nor as president of Americas Rugby.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only reason I have been a part of World Rugby to this day, and which in turn is the same one that has moved me to run for president, is the conviction that World Rugby needs change.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut my proposal, which I strongly believe in, has not been chosen, and that is why I choose to step aside. I cannot conceive of occupying a place just for the sake of occupying it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pichot, whose stated plans included a shake-up of the World Rugby voting system, lost the ballot by 28 votes to 23 on May 2.<\/p>\n

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