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Man with a plan: Rugby Australia's new chairman Hamish McLennan.

'Fortune favours the brave': Hamish McLennan bullish on rugby's future

The new Rugby Australia chairman wasted no time outlining a bold agenda for the ailing game, but he faces significant challenges delivering it.

  • Georgina Robinson

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Former Ten boss and News Corp senior executive Hamish McLennan is the new chairman at Rugby Australia.

'Time to be brave': McLennan appointed Rugby Australia chairman

The deputy chair of $92 billion investment management group Magellan takes charge of the game in a period of unprecedented turbulence.

  • Georgina Robinson
Then-Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle along with the board kept a lid on the organisation's 2019 results.

What is revealed in Rugby Australia's 2019 financial results

Rugby Australia and Raelene Castle tried to keep the organisation's financial results for last year under wraps but the irony is there was little need to do so.

  • Georgina Robinson
Rugby Australia chairman Paul McLean.

McLean moves to cool Ten boss as NZ announces review of Super Rugby

Rugby Australia's interim executive chairman has moved to mend the relationship with outgoing Ten boss Paul Anderson.

  • Sam Phillips
Departed Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle found out from the media that her days were numbered.

The final betrayal that caused Castle to crumble

When RA chief executive Raelene Castle agreed to a pre-recorded TV interview on Thursday, little did she know she would be out of the job by the end of the day.

  • Georgina Robinson
Raelene Castle was not always easy to defend, but few of the problems laid at her feet were of her own making.

Castle's end a mix of poor judgment, fatal missteps and rotten luck

It was not an explosive letter, signed by 10 Wallabies captains, calling for the administration to "step aside" this week that cost Castle her job.

  • Georgina Robinson
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Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle.

Castle to open books for Super Rugby chairs as Lynagh baulks at captains' letter

The meeting was set as one of the most respected Wallabies captains withdrew his support for the captains' letter which called for the RA administration to stand aside.

  • Georgina Robinson
Nick Farr-Jones in 1991.

Wallabies captains, players union to mine history for rugby's future

In the Wallabies captains group, rugby players have found an independent and respected group to help deliver the "transformation" they have spoken of for weeks.

  • Georgina Robinson
Rugby Australia chairman Paul McLean came to the defence of his embattled chief executive Raelene Castle.

RA chairman backs Castle even as game faces existential crisis

Raelene Castle appears set to survive to steer rugby through the immediate coronavirus crisis. Her future, and the sport's, beyond that, is uncertain.

  • Georgina Robinson
Glory days: Justin Harrison, right, with Matt Cockbain, celebrates a momentous win on debut for Australia.

19 years on from Wallabies heroics, players look to Harrison for another big play

Rugby Australia and the players' union won't call it a stand-off, but it is threatening the game's survival.

  • Georgina Robinson

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