{"id":294290,"date":"2023-10-19T19:40:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=294290"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:40:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:40:11","slug":"agustin-pichot-joins-mail-sports-croqued-monsieurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/agustin-pichot-joins-mail-sports-croqued-monsieurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Agustin Pichot joins Mail Sport&apos;s Croqued Monsieurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Agustin Pichot delivers damning assessment of the state of the sport after his World Rugby election defeat\u2026 as Mail Sport&#8217;s Croqued Monsieurs catch up with the Argentine ahead of huge semi-final weekend<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Agustin Pichot has expressed his concerns about the current state of the sport<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The former Argentina captain is annoyed by rugby&#8217;s reluctance to change<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>World Cup 2023: Click here for Mail Sport&#8217;s latest coverage from France<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Argentina captain Agustin Pichot is concerned about the future of the sport ahead of this weekend&#8217;s semi-finals at the Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Pichot ran against England&#8217;s Bill Beaumont to become World Rugby chairman in 2020 after previously holding the position of vice-chairman, but was unsuccessful as he lost out by 28 votes to 23.<\/p>\n<p>Three years on from his failed attempt to become chairman, Pichot feels rugby is at a crossroads and has slammed the sport&#8217;s reluctance to change, while also claiming he never considered any underhand tactics to win the election against Beaumont as he did not want to ruin his reputation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I strongly believe that rugby is at a critical point,&#8217; Pichot told <span>Mail Sport<\/span>. &#8216;You ask me, &#8220;what&#8217;s the solution?&#8221; Nobody has the key, obviously, but still a lot of unions are trying to keep the boys&#8217; club way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would never phone Fiji and trade for a vote,\u2019 he added when opening up about the election. \u2018I could have won the election, believe me, but I wouldn\u2019t go that extra step, because rugby is a special thing for me. And if I betray that, I lose respect. That is what I have in rugby. I think people respect me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><span>Watch Pichot in the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s Croqued Monsieurs &#8211; an alternative Rugby World C<span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span>diary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12645481\/Agustin-Pichot-delivers-damning-assessment-state-sport-World-Rugby-election-defeat-Mail-Sports-Croqued-Monsieurs-catch-Argentine-ahead-huge-semi-final-weekend.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agustin Pichot delivers damning assessment of the state of the sport after his World Rugby election defeat\u2026 as Mail Sport&#8217;s Croqued Monsieurs catch up with the Argentine ahead of huge semi-final weekend Agustin Pichot has expressed his concerns about the current state of the sport The former Argentina captain is annoyed by rugby&#8217;s reluctance to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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