Storm brewing at rugby union

Accusations are flying high as the union vice president, Bob Lekan accuses the president, Dave Gilbert and his son, Gareth of working in cahoots to bring him down.

Lekan, a former BRU president, who will contest the position again, complained that the two are using dirty tactics to de-campaign him. He continued to charge that Gilbert wants to pursue his family interests at the expense of the union. The accusations rose from the letter that the president wrote through his son who works for the rugby office to affiliates. In the letter, the president states that he had initially decided not to stand for the elections but now finds himself compelled to do so "because I have no confidence in the motives of certain people within the executive committee to guide rugby to the next level." Gilbert added in the letter that "this is a personal view and I am therefore asking the various affiliates to think very seriously and carefully on the motives and ambitions of the candidates that they are going to elect."