Hamish McLennan
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‘Joey is all anyone is talking about’: Inside the deal that delivered rugby its new face
All eyes are on the Wallabies thanks to Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, but Hamish McLennan’s pursuit of the Roosters star sparked a boardroom split at Rugby Australia. This is how the deal went down – and how much it will cost RA.
- Michael Chammas
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Suaalii cost rugby $5m but he’s already worth $50m to the code, says McLennan
Hamish McLennan’s decision to sign Joseph Suaalii may have led to him losing his job but the deposed RA chairman claims criticism of the mega deal is “crazy”.
- Danny Weidler
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- Wallabies
Rugby Australia chasing over $1m from French union after contracting blunder
Former RA chairman Hamish McLennan agreed a match fee of $1.7m with Bernard Laporte for the World Cup warm-up match in Paris. But the FFR has paid just a fraction of that sum.
- Tom Decent
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‘Just watch out’: The text that was the beginning of the end for Hamish McLennan
As rugby headed towards its so-called “golden decade”, few would have predicted that chairman Hamish McLennan and returned coach Eddie Jones would be gone by Christmas.
- Tom Decent
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