54-year-old ex-Australian flanker won after two rounds of voting by World Rugby Council

Former Wallabies flanker Brett Robinson is the first permanent chairman of the global governing body from the Southern Hemisphere.

DUBLIN :Australian Brett Robinson was elected chairman of World Rugby on Thursday and put financial sustainability of the game top of his agenda after narrowly defeating former France captain Abdelatif Benazzi to lead the global governing body.Robinson, who becomes the first permanent chairman of World Rugby

Brett Robinson, a former Australia back-row forward, was elected as the first non-European chairman of World Rugby, the sport's global governing body, on Thursday. The 54-year-old Robinson beat Abdelatif Benazzi and Andrea Rinaldo in the voting for the most powerful position in rugby and will succeed Bill Beaumont in the…

Brett Robinson is promising to stabilise the financial crisis in rugby union.

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