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 concentrate on serving to English rugby evolve.
“I do imagine that each one elements of the sport need us to evolve and enhance our governance,” she mentioned.
“That is actually, actually vital – and quite a lot of that’s in response to societal adjustments. The world does not stand nonetheless, and neither can we.
“It will not transfer as quick as folks possibly 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 one more 10 years or extra. So it is actually, actually vital – I would somewhat 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 needs the union to turn into extra agile and responsive to every area’s wants.
“I feel folks need to have extra affect over conversations and choices which can 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 by way of how we are able to make these choices, notably across the progress of rugby at extra native ranges.
“We’ve got to maneuver on with that regionalisation, and the governance must be aligned with that. You may’t do all the pieces all of sudden. So we very a lot need to get the regionalisation underneath means within the subsequent season.”
