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AgustÍn Pichot (below) has resigned from the World Rugby Council after losing to Sir Bill Beaumont in the chairman election. The former Pumas scrum-half has stepped down from his roles as Americas Rugby president and the Argentine Rugby Union representative on the Council.

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