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Alan Jones AO is one of Australia’s most prominent and influential broadcasters. He is a former successful radio figure and coach of the Australian National Rugby Union team, the Wallabies. He has also been a Rugby League coach and administrator, with senior roles in the Australian Sports Commission, the Institute of Sport and the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust. Alan Jones is a former Senior Advisor and Speechwriter to the former Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser.

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CommentRugby Union

Michael Wells of the Waratahs (left) and Israel Folau after their loss to the Waratahs in the Super Rugby match between the Waratahs and the Chiefs at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand, May 26, 2018. (AAP Image/SNPA, Ross Setford) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Why Super Rugby has to go

To see the problems in Australian rugby, you have only to take a look at a once-powerful club which was a Wallabies ‘factory’.

Alan Jones

CommentRugby Union

Rugby chiefs betrayed the game

Nothing coming out of Rugby Australia has yet addressed any of the appallingly urgent concerns facing the code.

Alan Jones

Rugby Union

NZ faced demons, why can’t we?

What Newspolls are to Malcolm Turnbull, so is our record against New Zealand provinces in Super Rugby.

Alan Jones

CommentOpinion

Lachlan Connors in action for the Australian Schoolboys rugby union team against New Zealand in Sydney on October 7, 2017. Photo by ARU Media.

Turn a light on Raelene

Raelene Castle may ignore this blueprint for saving Australian rugby but can she at least show there’s someone home at HQ.

Alan Jones

CommentRugby Union

Do you even get rugby Raelene?

I don’t know what expertise Raelene Castle brings to Australian Rugby so, with the game in crisis, here are some questions for her.

Alan Jones

CommentRugby Union

Rebels' Billy Meakes (2nd R) runs as Bulls' Marco van Staden (L) dives to tackle him during the Super Rugby rugby union match between South Africa's Bulls and Australia's Rebels at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria on April 21, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Christiaan Kotze

A recipe to save our great game

Changes must be made to arrest the alarming slide in Australian rugby union as another grim weekend looms in Super Rugby.

Alan Jones

CommentRugby Union

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 16: Israel Folau of the Wallabies celebrates after scoring a try during The Rugby Championship match between the Australian Wallabies and the Argentina Pumas at Canberra Stadium on September 16, 2017 in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

RA in ‘state of rigor mortis’

Instead of Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle and her board solving problems, they continue to mount. So they should all go.

Alan Jones

CommentRugby Union

What Folau told rugby boss

Rugby Australia is terrified of losing Qantas as a sponsor. But it’s just as terrified of a defiant Israel Folau quitting.

Alan Jones

Opinion

(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 10, 2016, Australia's fullback Israel Folau runs with the ball during the Rugby Championship match between Australia and South Africa at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Wallabies star Israel Folau was facing a backlash on April 5, 2018 after the devout Christian said gay people were destined to go to hell. / AFP PHOTO / Patrick HAMILTON / IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE

Let Folau express his view

Israel Folau is entitled to his opinion on gay people. The code’s CEO has bigger concerns than keeping him silent.

Alan Jones

Opinion

Cricket and rugby joined at hip

The blazer brigade are out in full and disreputable force in relation to the ball-tampering issue.

Alan Jones

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