Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2023 Host Country Announcement - Royal Garden Hotel, London, Britain - November 15, 2017 Bill Beaumont Chairman of World Rugby during the press conference Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
(Reuters) - At least a third of the members of the World Rugby Council will be women from next year, the sport's governing body announced on Thursday as a part of a push to further gender equality at all levels of the organisation.
World Rugby said it would boost the number of seats on the decision-making body to 49 from 32, with all the additional positions going to women, after a governance reform proposal was approved unanimously.
