Brendan Fanning: Hamilton decision to reverse leaves IRFU struggling with the pace of change

On the morning of the Leinster versus Munster game in Dublin last weekend, a quorum of IRFU committee men met with what they call 'a one-item agenda'. Between those who were present and those who rang in, there was unanimity that the IRFU's Professional Game Board (PGB) would, on an interim basis at least, be headed by the union's immediate past president, Martin O'Sullivan.