businessman and lawyer who was born in Germany and is now a Swiss national. He is ranked 703rd in the world in Forbes Magazine’s rich list. He was the owner and chairman of Rudolf Wild GmbH & Co, which was set up by his father in 1931 and claims to be the world’s largest private manufacturer of natural flavour ingredients for food products and beverages. He sold the business in 2014 for $3billion in cash, but still owns Capri Sun, the fruit juice brand, which is consumed in more than 100 countries and generates an estimated annual revenue of $400 million.

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In October 2007, Wild was instrumental in the formation of the Wild Rugby Academy, an institution aimed at developing the sport in Germany, based at a £30 million high-performance facility in Heidelberg.

A key area of concern for EPCR is the lack of clarity as to his role in supporting Heidelberger RK – one of only two professional teams in Germany – through a charitable trust.

Dr Wild bought and became chairman of Stade Francais – the former French champions whose glitter has faded since those gaudy days under Max Guazzini – in May 2017, after a proposed merger with Racing 92 collapsed when the players went on strike.

Heidelberger RK’s exclusion would seem to raise questions about whether Scottish professional sides and Irish provinces should be