Paul McLean
'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.
- by Georgina Robinson
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'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.
- by Georgina Robinson
Analysis
Australian rugby
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.
- by Georgina Robinson
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.
- by Sam Phillips
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.
- by Georgina Robinson
Analysis
Rugby Australia
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.
- by Georgina Robinson
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.
- by Georgina Robinson
Analysis
Wallabies
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.
- by Georgina Robinson
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Australian rugby
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.
- by Georgina Robinson
Analysis
Australian rugby
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.
- by Georgina Robinson
Castle refuses to rule out shuttering another Super Rugby team
Rugby Australia announced a three-month survival plan for the game but could not guarantee what form professional rugby would take next year.
- by Georgina Robinson
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