I've said many times in private conversations, rugby governance is backwards, amateurish, deluded and treated as a big game. Whilst things like tactics, training, medical advice etc have all improved massively, the base governance and marketing of the game has been pitiful and barely appears to have moved on since the amateur era. This isn't just the RFU but for WR as well. It's part of the reason rugby is struggling so much to grow and could even be shrinking around the world. The major governing bodies are filled with incompetent old farts in suits who do not have a diligent or forward thinking bone in their body, just poddling along for a laugh.
People higher up in rugby are long overdue a proper bollocking for their mismanagement.