WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Former New Zealand Rugby Chairman Eddie Tonks has died aged 85, NZR said in a statement on Tuesday.
Tonks played a leading role in organising the first Rugby World Cup in 1987 and helped usher in professionalism in 1995. He also served as International Rugby Board (now World Rugby) chairman and was made a life member of NZR in 2004.
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