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    Bernard Lapasset ONZM (20 October 1947 – 3 May 2023) was a French rugby administrator who was Chairman of the World Rugby from 2008 to 2016. He previously...
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  • representatives of several public bodies and society. Tony Estanguet, president Bernard Lapasset, honorary president Guy Drut and Jean-Christophe Rolland, members of...
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    He then applied for the role of Chairman of World Rugby to replace Bernard Lapasset and on 11 May 2016 he was unanimously elected to the office, with his...
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  • and the IRFU following the 2007 World Cup and was succeeded as by Bernard Lapasset. Millar was married and had a daughter Lesley and sons Peter and Johnny...
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  • Manilal Gandhi, 89, Indian-American author and political activist. Bernard Lapasset, 75, French rugby union administrator, chairman of the International...
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    This is something the rugby world has aspired to for a long time and Bernard Lapasset, president of the International Rugby Board, said the Olympic gold...
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  • International Rugby Board and is now World Rugby. Bernard Lapasset (1991–2008) Pierre Camou (2008–2016) Bernard Laporte (2016–2023) Alexandre Martinez (interim)...
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  • (RWCL) that England and Japan should be named hosts. RWCL chairman Bernard Lapasset revealed the result on 28 July 2009 at IRB headquarters. In September...
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  • rugby administrator that made him, according to then-IRB president Bernard Lapasset, "a true pioneer of Rugby in Russia". On 31 March 1967 (his 40th birthday)...
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    Laharrague (born 1981) a rugby union footballer with 2 caps for France Bernard Lapasset (born 1947) rugby administrator, Chairman of the World Rugby 2008/2016...
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  • XXXIII Olympiad XVII Paralympic Games Details City Paris, France Chair Bernard Lapasset and Tony Estanguet NOC French National Olympic and Sports Committee...
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  • the geographic reach of the sport. According to World Rugby Chairman Bernard Lapasset in 2008: "As the revenue generation is vital to our ongoing development...
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    Professor Henri Pujol, President of the Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer; Bernard Lapasset, President of the FFR; Thierry Pérez, president of Montpellier Hérault...
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  • Brigitte, the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and the chairs of the bid, Bernard Lapasset and Tony Estanguet.  Italy Trieste 12–13 July Macron attended the 2017...
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    'RWC 2019' was hosted by Japan. This was announced by RWCL Chairman Bernard Lapasset in Irish capital Dublin at a special IRB meeting on 28 July 2009, along...
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    tournament that year. At the time of Serevi's induction, Chairman Bernard Lapasset said: He was an exceptional player who has excelled in both Sevens...
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  • November 2024. Previous chairmen include Bill Beaumont (2008 to 2024), Bernard Lapasset (2008 to 2016), Syd Millar (2002 to 2007) and Vernon Pugh, QC (1994...
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    inspire and bring people together." International Rugby Board: Chairman Bernard Lapasset said: "I am so proud that the Rugby family could play its small part...
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    was "the first step to ... hosting a Rugby World Cup." IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset has acknowledged that "the USA is a very important and exciting market...
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    14 in 2007. In a surprise move, French Rugby Federation president Bernard Lapasset, who is now chairman of the IRB, appointed Lièvremont as the new head...
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  • Character: Kamaishi  Japan Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service: Bernard Lapasset France Fan Awards Men’s 15s Player of the Decade - Richie McCaw  New...
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  • FFR (rugby union) was critical of the project, with its president Bernard Lapasset saying: "I want to be the president of a federation that caters to...
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  • Molloy's important contribution was publicly acknowledged by IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset, who recognized that Molloy's "achievements, particularly in the key...
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  • down the offer to replace Laporte, French Rugby Federation president Bernard Lapasset appointed Marc Lièvremont to guide France to the 2011 World Cup. Lièvremont's...
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    Brigitte, the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and the chairs of the bid, Bernard Lapasset and Tony Estanguet.  Italy Trieste 12–13 July Macron attended in the...
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    inclusion in the Olympic Games. According to then-World Rugby chairman Bernard Lapasset, sevens' inclusion in the Olympics was "in no small way down to Gordon...
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    Islamic Art. Speakers included Khoo Boon Hui, David Dein Danny Jordaan, Bernard Lapasset, Haroon Lorgat, Michael E. Porter. Dave Richards, Tim Sebastian, Helmut...
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    work on the professional status of players. He urged the president Bernard Lapasset to divide funding into three thirds, one for the players, the second...
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    French Rugby Federation from 2008 to 2016, before he was succeeded by Bernard Laporte. Prior to becoming President of the FFR he was also the treasurer...
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  • term as World Archery president". World Archery. Retrieved 2022-03-29. "Lapasset to stand down as head of World Rugby". Bangkok Post. 2016-03-03. Retrieved...
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