Whereas the World Cup will dominate Griffin’s early days, come the autumn the RFU’s governance reform will return to the headlines.

After a tumultuous interval final season, when RFU chief govt Invoice Sweeney survived a vote of no confidence, her position will deal with serving to English rugby evolve.

“I do imagine that each one components of the sport need us to evolve and enhance our governance,” she mentioned.

“That is actually, actually vital – and loads of that’s in response to societal modifications. The world would not stand nonetheless, and neither can we.

“It will not transfer as quick as individuals perhaps assume it ought to, however then I do not assume that is an issue.

“We cannot have one other main governance overview, most likely for an additional 10 years or extra. So it is actually, actually vital – I might slightly get this proper.”

The outcomes of the governance overview will go to the RFU Council within the autumn however work on giving extra devolved energy to totally different areas might come sooner.

Having visited golf equipment throughout England in her earlier roles with the RFU, she desires the union to turn out to be extra agile and responsive to every area’s wants.

“I believe individuals need to have extra affect over conversations and selections which might be being made regionally,” she mentioned.

“One answer for Cumbria isn’t the identical as the answer for Hampshire. We have been engaged on this for a number of years when it comes to how we will make these selections, significantly across the development of rugby at extra native ranges.

“We’ve to maneuver on with that regionalisation, and the governance needs to be aligned with that. You’ll be able to’t do every thing all of sudden. So we very a lot need to get the regionalisation underneath approach within the subsequent season.”