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- Business of sport
Super Rugby’s Melbourne Rebels falls behind on tax bill, stadium fees
While the ATO is demanding its directors pay up, the club’s chairman, Paul Docherty, insists the team is financially viable.
- Zoe Samios
November
Inside the Zoom board meetings which flipped rugby on its back
Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan is gone, and he’s made sure everyone knows it. But where to from here?
- Zoe Samios and Mark Di Stefano
Ares, Pacific Equity Partners line up for Rugby Australia debt
Negotiations with credit providers are entering extra time as the code looks for $60 million.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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- Hamish McLennan
New Rugby boss Dan Herbert says ‘everyone recognises’ game is broken
But deposed chairman Hamish McLennan, who was ousted in a boardroom coup on Sunday, has warned his exit will lead to “more division ... not less”.
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- Kylar Loussikian and Zoe Samios
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- Business of sport
Future of Rugby chair in balance after emergency board meeting
But Hamish McLennan says the state unions that want him out are self-interested and waging a “grubby” smear campaign.
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- Zoe Samios
October
Carlyle around the goal for Rugby Australia debt as PE scrum collapses
Sources said the first phase of debt negotiations kicked off before the Rugby World Cup in France and have now entered phase two.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Rugby Australia: Jones told us this week he’s staying
Jones met chief executive Phil Waugh in Paris on Tuesday to reiterate he remained committed to coaching the embattled Wallabies until their home World Cup in 2027.
- Zoe Samios
September
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- Eddie Jones
At Rugby Australia, 15 years of dithering must end now
In 2010, a confidential report Australian rugby commissioned said it needed a “major reorientation” or would suffer “certain failure”. We are still waiting for action.
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- James Curran
- Wallabies 35 Georgia 15
- Rugby World Cup
Wallabies beat Georgia for Jones’ first win
Fullback Ben Donaldson justified Eddie Jones’ bold selection, kicking 15 points and scoring two tries for a personal tally of 25 points.
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- Melissa Woods
July
Wallabies crash in nightmare loss to All Blacks
Australia handed the Bledisloe Cup to New Zealand for a 21st year and also lost prop Allan Alaalatoa to a ruptured Achilles.
- Melissa Woods
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- AFR Magazine
‘Up your game’: Inside Eddie Jones’ tough-love tactics to rescue rugby
Ahead of September’s World Cup in France, Rugby Australia has brought back the famously abrasive coach to work a miracle.
- Jonathan Shapiro
Wallabies turn in shocker to open Eddie Jones era
The coach says the side was “outplayed everywhere” in the historic loss to South Africa at Pretoria.
- Melissa Woods
June
How Phil Waugh plans to save Australian rugby
The Wallaby and former Waratahs centurion has big aspirations for the game’s future. But he needs a big cash injection to achieve his vision.
- Zoe Samios
Former Wallabies captain Waugh named Rugby Australia CEO
Phil Waugh had 79 caps for the national side and competed in two Rugby World Cups, and is the first national rugby player to be elevated to CEO.
- Zoe Samios
May
Sporting codes unite in show of force for Voice
More than 20 sports governing bodies representing thousands of professional and amateur athletes have united to back the Yes campaign for the Voice.
- Andrew Tillett
Rugby Australia boss Marinos in shock resignation
Rugby Australia boss Andy Marinos has quit and is set to depart the role next month.
- Melissa Woods
February
CEO and Wallabies wannabe gets his kicks on the field
Start Beyond co-founder Angus Stevens spent his childhood dreaming of playing rugby for Australia. Now, his hero is footballer Lionel Messi.
- Life & Leisure
January
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- Business of sport
Rugby, unlike other sports, wants a guarantee it’s on free-to-air TV
Rugby Australia wants a promise that more Wallabies, Wallaroos, Super Rugby and Super W games are shown on broadcasters’ primary channels, in contrast with other sports.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
August 2022
Wallabies beat Springboks, Argentina downs NZ
The current and former Australian coaches both celebrated victory over their southern hemisphere rivals.
- Reuters
This expert says the drop in US inflation is a ‘head fake’
Morgan Stanley warns against rejoicing too soon in last’s fall in US inflation; the victims of China’s property crash include billionaires; new weapons are helping Ukraine turn the tide against Russia. See how the day unfolded here.
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- Andrew Hobbs
