Rugby Australia will need to find another two board members before the end of the year after frustrated shareholders decided to vote against the re-election of a board director.
Karen Penrose, a non-executive director at Cochlear Limited, Ramsay Health Care Limited and Bank of Queensland, will step down from the governing body after she did not receive a two-thirds majority from members, which include the Super Rugby franchises and state unions.
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