As one of the founding members of the competition, and therefore a shareholder, London Irish was amongst the 13 beneficiaries. But he also brings a massive leadership experience and a winning mentality from his time at Leinster,” Facer says.
On the day we met, Facer had just returned from a week’s holiday in Dubai, a bit of R&R after a challenging season in which promotion was only secured in the final weeks of the season. With that focus just more than a year away, what do they have to do this season? Ireland’s national debt – just how high can it go?
With his players taking a 25 per cent pay cut and backroom staff on furlough, he knows only too well that the sport finds itself at a crossroads.
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Something you might expect: Facer attends every London Irish rugby match, home and away, throughout the season.
While they would hope to drive that demand by remaining in the premiership on the back of their performance, Facer has separately called for the tournament to expand from 12 teams to 13. Their summer 2020 move will see them relocate to a stadium with capacity for 17,250 patrons, down from the 24,000 in Reading.
The IRFU and Ulster Rugby subsequently revoked Jackson’s contract in April 2018, acknowledging at the conclusion of their review that, in arriving at their decision, they had a “responsibility and commitment to the core values” of rugby, namely “respect, inclusivity and integrity”.
“If it comes, it comes, but are we aiming for that at this point? “For me, there’s a big disparity between championship and premiership,” he says.
In any event, the chief executive’s own experience is such that you’d bet on him making a success of it. "But this announcement today could well change the club's fortunes dramatically.
We can’t keep relying on rich benefactors.
According to Facer, both coaches view him as “one of the best 10s in the world”. Position: Chief executive of London Irish, Family: Married to Nicola with three children – Jamie, Holly and Jordan. His first 18 months saw the club fall into relegation and climb back out again under the stewardship of Declan Kidney, the former Ireland head coach hired by Facer.
If so, the signing is quite a coup for a club that has had an unsteady decade flowing from the fact that their presence in the premiership was never guaranteed. The chief executive of London Irish rugby club since late 2017, Facer commutes for five hours each day to the headquarters and training ground in west London from his Northampton home. In the evening when he returns from work, he cycles. They include Ireland and Leinster flanker Seán O’Brien, New Zealand winger Waisake Naholo, Australian prop Sekope Kepu and – somewhat controversially – former Ulster and Ireland outhalf Paddy Jackson. A cautionary tale for Wasps, perhaps, is the return by London Irish to the capital.
“For a lot of things in the world, including rugby, this crisis is maybe the kick up the backside people needed,” he added.
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