Australian Rugby / RA

[noscrumnolife]

If he is replaced though, I hope its not by some lackey for the states who lets them keep the run of the mill. I am just as tired of them as I am of McLennan. Incredibly self-serving class of rugby administrators in this country.

 

[dru]

Personally couldn't really give a rats arse,

Someone will have a rat to spare - you can borrow it.

The chairs of the Queensland Rugby Union, ACT Rugby, Rugby WA, South Australia Rugby, Tasmania Rugby and Northern Territory Rugby jointly sent a letter of no confidence to McLennan on Friday, following a secret phone hook-up on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the Rugby Australia chairman’s leadership following a disastrous year in rugby.

The bloke stands 90 degrees to reality if he tries to continue with that strength of no confidence.

 

[RugbyReg]

Not sure where you are getting Tasmania and NT from Sully, they aren't mentioned in the article.

Yeah they are:

The chairs of the Queensland Rugby Union, ACT Rugby, Rugby WA, South Australia Rugby, Tasmania Rugby and Northern Territory Rugby jointly sent a letter of no confidence to McLennan on Friday, following a secret phone hook-up on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the RA chairman’s leadership following a disastrous year in rugby.

 

[RugbyReg]

If he is replaced though, I hope its not by some lackey for the states who lets them keep the run of the mill. I am just as tired of them as I am of McLennan. Incredibly self-serving class of rugby administrators in this country.

article specifically says they are more likely to embrace centralisation if HM not there.

 

[Adam84]

article specifically says they are more likely to embrace centralisation if HM not there.

Yeah yeah yeah…. Believe it when I see it…

There’s absolutely no way the states are doing this to relinquish power or control to centralisation.

 

[noscrumnolife]

Yeah they are:

The chairs of the Queensland Rugby Union, ACT Rugby, Rugby WA, South Australia Rugby, Tasmania Rugby and Northern Territory Rugby jointly sent a letter of no confidence to McLennan on Friday, following a secret phone hook-up on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the Rugby Australia chairman’s leadership following a disastrous year in rugby.

Must have been reading a different article, couldn't see that sentence on the SMH.

Yeah yeah yeah…. Believe it when I see it…

There’s absolutely no way the states are doing this to relinquish power or control to centralisation.

100% agree. I'd take another 10 years of McLennan because ultimately he's just 1 gobby little shite who can be ignored over more incompetence from the fuckwit states running the roost. They all belong in the bin together as far as I'm concerned.

 

[RugbyReg]

I’d like to know the proposed alternative before deciding either way. But McLennan has said some really dumb stuff of late.

Waugh is driving the centralisation though it seems. So that’s good.

 

[Derpus]

Yeah they are:

The chairs of the Queensland Rugby Union, ACT Rugby, Rugby WA, South Australia Rugby, Tasmania Rugby and Northern Territory Rugby jointly sent a letter of no confidence to McLennan on Friday, following a secret phone hook-up on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the Rugby Australia chairman’s leadership following a disastrous year in rugby.

If there's one thing that really brings Australian Rugby together its tanking an executive.

 

[Merrow]

Statement from the Brumbies

Media Release: State unions call for resignation of Rugby Australia Chair

Six Rugby Australia member unions, including Queensland, ACT and West Australia, have today called on Rugby Australia Chair Hamish McLennan to immediately resign from the Board.

brumbies.rugby

 

[Derpus]

Hard to disagree with:

Additionally, we believe Mr McLennan has been acting outside his role as a director, exerting an undue influence on the operations and executives of Rugby Australia.

 

[Adam84]

I’d like to know the proposed alternative before deciding either way. But McLennan has said some really dumb stuff of
.

I’m sure it will be something to this effect, which hardly aligns with trying to centralise operations, if this happens I suspect the major tennants of the centralisation plan are all but dead.

 

[RugbyReg]

I’m sure it will be something to this effect, which hardly aligns with trying to centralise operations, if this happens I suspect the major tennants of the centralisation plan are all but dead.
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Think you’re getting upset by hypotheticals.

a bit conspiratorial.

it’s worth reading the Brumbies statement. In full.

and no one is talking about centralising operations.

 

[Crashy]

Rugby eating itself again and again. Fuck i’m over this.

 

[Jimmy_Crouch]

It's purely an anti centralisation play. They can say whatever they like but that's all it is.

 

[The Red Baron]

Hard to disagree with:

Was going to say the same thing. They're spot on with that one.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Hamish if you play stupid games you win stupid prizes.

You are getting what you deserve.

 

[Tomthumb]

article specifically says they are more likely to embrace centralisation if HM not there.

Haha yes they say that now, but if they manage to get him out and replace him with one of their stooges, centralisation will go the same way as Scott Johnson

 

[The Red Baron]

I agree with the member unions on this one. Hammer has been a disaster. He's made a number of calls that are not consistent with good governance, intervened to sack a coach still under contract, bringing in another one without any due diligence, and then helped the new coach start another war with the mungos! Not to mention that our worst ever world cup result occurred on his watch.

Whatever your thoughts on centralisation are, it's clear that Hammer has to go. If that serves to derail the centralisation plan, so be it, but it's not going to get better when our Chair constantly oversteps his bounds and puts everyone offside. Given that Hammer won't willingly step aside, the member unions don't have much choice here but to force the matter.

 

[Adam84]

Think you’re getting upset by hypotheticals.

a bit conspiratorial.

it’s worth reading the Brumbies statement. In full.

and no one is talking about centralising operations.

Come on now do you really think the unions are doing this to then concede what they consider ‘power & control’ to a centralisation model.

It’s not conspiracist to point out that the only union who supported centralisation also isnt a signatory to this statement.

 

[dru]

Haha yes they say that now, but if they manage to get him out and replace him with one of their stooges, centralisation will go the same way as Scott Johnson

How do you get to "stooge". It's a majority vote, right?