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Hamish McLennan can’t stop, won’t stop partying in Paris

The Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan has hosted another opulent party in Paris, starring rugby elites and the same celebrity chef.

Mark Di StefanoColumnist

Oct 26, 2023 – 3.44pm

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Three days ago, this column revealed Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan was part of a private “cocktail party” in the middle of Bohemian Paris. The event was hosted by rugby sponsors Tony and Josephine Sukkar and the Australian ambassador to France, Gillian Bird, and catered by mash potato king Guillaume Brahimi.

Criticising McLennan and his old boy alum CEO Phil Waugh for staying back in Paris weeks after the Wallabies crashed out of the World Cup is, McLennan said, “a cheap shot”.

Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent.