A bitter dog-eat-dog power struggle in the upper echelons of the troubled EP Rugby Union escalated when 11 executive members signed a document questioning whether acting president George Malgas had the power to lead the union.

A concerted move to overthrow Malgas reached a tipping point on Wednesday with neither side willing to budge over the interpretation of EP’s constitution regarding a presidential vacancy after previous president Maasdorp Cannon was suspended for two years...