• Bill Sweeney received hike despite £37.9m loss
• RFU announced 42 redundancies in September

The chief executive of the Rugby Football Union, Bill Sweeney, saw his salary rise to £1.1m during the 2023-24 financial year despite record losses and swingeing job losses at the governing body.

Sweeney’s basic salary rose from £684,000 to £742,000 – an increase of 8.5% – and he was awarded £358,000 as part of long-term incentive plan, linked to the union’s post-Covid recovery.