Claiming to be the victim of a power grab, Hamish McLennan believes his axing as Rugby Australia chairman will only create further division in a code already badly fractured. Key points: Six member unions demanded Hamish McLennan stand down as Rugby Australia chairman on Sunday night The Force, the Rebels and the Waratahs were all in favour of McLennan staying …
SYDNEY — Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan has been fired at a late night board meeting Sunday in a swift and stern response to the Wallabies’ poor performance at the World Cup in France. “It has never been more important for the Rugby Australia board, working with member unions, to come together and execute the reform we absolutely need for …
Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan has been ousted following an extraordinary late-night board meeting. Herbert played 67 Tests for Australia, and was a part of the Wallabies teams that won the 1999 World Cup, 2001 British and Irish Lions series, The Rugby Championship and five straight Bledisloe Cups. The chairman appointed Eddie Jones, whose stint became a nightmare 'It has …
Eddie Jones is leading the race to be named as Japan’s next head coach after Australia failed to progress from the pool stage of the World Cup for the first time under his stewardship. The Sydney Morning Herald reported last month how Jones, who is under contract with Rugby Australia until the end of their home World Cup in 2027, …
Lisa McLennan loves her job in dusty, smelly sheep yards. Key points: New methods and technologies aim to eliminate pain from livestock procedures like mulesing and castration Freeze branding is a non-surgical alternative to the controversial mulesing process An engineer has invented a device that injects anaesthetic while docking and castrating lambs An agricultural scientist and self-confessed animal lover, her …