Bill Beaumont
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| Chairman of World Rugby | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Bernard Lapasset |
| Full name | William Blackledge Beaumont | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 March 1952 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chorley, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Chairman of World Rugby (elected) Vice-chairman of the International Rugby Board Chairman of the Rugby Football Union |
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| Position | Lock | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1969-1982 Invitational: County side: 1972-1982 Other representative: |
Fylde Rugby Club Barbarian F.C. Lancashire North of England |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1975-1982 1977-1980 |
England British Lions |
34 7 |
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Correct as of 1 Sept 2006
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William "Bill" Blackledge Beaumont CBE (born 9 March 1952 in Chorley, Lancashire, England) is a former rugby union player, and was captain of the England rugby union team, earning 34 caps. His greatest moment as captain was the unexpected 1980 Grand Slam. He played as a lock. He is currently a member of the International Rugby Board and Chairman of the Rugby Football Union. On 11 May 2016 he was elected Chairman of World Rugby, with his tenure having commenced on 1 July 2016.
Bill Beaumont was educated at Cressbrook School, Kirkby Lonsdale where another England and British Lions player, J S Spencer also went and Ellesmere College in Shropshire. He joined Fylde Rugby Club, Lancashire, in 1969 when he was 17 years old and stayed with the club till injury forced his retirement in 1982.
He won 34 caps for England, then a record for a lock, and was captain 21 times. He made his international debut as a 22-year-old in Dublin in 1975 as a late replacement for Roger Uttley. He toured Australia in 1975, Japan, Fiji and Tonga in 1979, and Argentina in 1981 with England. He played 15 times for the Barbarians, including the match against the All Blacks in 1978.
Beaumont took part in the 1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand after being called up as a replacement when Nigel Horton broke his thumb, and played in the final three tests.
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