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RFU pay row: Tom Ilube steps down as chair

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Tom Ilube has stepped down as Rugby Football Union chairman.

Ilube faced the possibility of a vote of no-confidence in his leadership.

The RFU chairman is the only permanent member of the body's remuneration committee which oversees the pay awarded to all employees on a basic salary of more than Â180,000 a year.

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