Australian Rugby / RA

[Tomikin]

What does running to their agents imply?

It was around leaking it to the media; basically, they wouldn't keep their mouths shut and tell their agents, who would then tell the press, and the gig would be up...

 

[KevinO]

2.6 Million and the Wallabies left at the group stage, image the total if they made the semis or final

 

[Slim 293]

“The over-investment that was unapproved was $2.6 million, which covered three main elements: team costs, staff travel and player benefits,” Waugh told reporters on Thursday.

“Delegation of authority is important. Clearly there were breaches in that area and we’ve made personnel changes on the back of some of those breaches.”

Asked if Webb was responsible, Waugh said: “I’m not going to point the finger at one individual. I think it was a cultural deficiency that we need to rectify.”

‘That’s not acceptable’: Multimillion-dollar Wallabies budget blow-out revealed

Rugby Australia boss Phil Waugh has come clean on rampant overspending on the Wallabies program last year after recommendations from an independent review were handed down.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Mick The Munch]

He’s been a non-executive director on the Rugby Australia board since July 2018, Herbert since 2020……but it’s all Hamish’s fault

 

[SouthernX]

When they said the person has been sacked. They could have meant Hamish McLennan… don’t forget he bragged about flying over the board.

who approves that kind of travel? The board, the chairman or the ceo?

 

[KOB1987]

2.6 Million and the Wallabies left at the group stage, image the total if they made the semis or final

I guess that with Eddie's 'smash and grab' promise the expectation was that RA would have recouped any overspend in spadefulls as reigning world champions.

 

[Strewthcobber]

It was around leaking it to the media; basically, they wouldn't keep their mouths shut and tell their agents, who would then tell the press, and the gig would be up...

The whole thing is so dumb. Christy Doran and others were reporting he was out almost straight away after he was injured

 

[Braveheart81]

Hmmm... maybe prepaying the hotel rooms through to after the RWC Final in order to save 10% on the room prices wasn't a great idea.

Also, booking an extra business class seat to bring the Cup home might have been a little frivilous.

 

[Strewthcobber]

Hmmm... maybe prepaying the hotel rooms through to after the RWC Final in order to save 10% on the room prices wasn't a great idea.

Also, booking an extra business class seat to bring the Cup home might have been a little frivilous.

Booking in the ticker tape parades was classic Eddie planning. Always so thorough. thinks of everything.

His 24/7 overtime timesheet charges were a little over the top though. But the man never sleeps

 

[redstragic]

All jokes aside, I really hope they at least had fun with some of the $2.6m extra they pissed against the wall. Hate to think, they had a shitty time getting beat then came home $2.6m extra in the hole.

 

[cyclopath]

It feels like I just won buzzword bingo.

Dunno, didn't see the word "paradigm" used.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Could have worked some "synergies" in there too.

 

[KOB1987]

Could have worked some "synergies" in there too.

I didn't spot any 'going forward' either

 

[Brumby Runner]

Is this suggesting the team captain should have a role in team selection?

That seems.....unwise

Very unwise I'd say. With six or more captains over the course of 2023, just too many voices.

 

[Mick The Munch]

No doubt about this. I just don't see what bringing the captain into the selection tent achieves, especially if their own position is under threat.

The Australian cricket team used to occasionally tear itself apart on overseas tours because of this

And which captain? Eddie had 6 of them

If you're Sua'ali'i, how do you think you're feeling?

 

[Pfitzy]

Where are the learnings?

 

[SteveWA]

I didn't spot any 'going forward' either

You will … ‘in the fullness of time’

 

[Strewthcobber]

The Wallabies’ dismal World Cup campaign blew its budget by $2.6 million, or some 10 per cent, as Rugby Australia splurged on travel spending and benefits for players.

From the AFR story on the overspend.

Wallabies’ World Cup campaign blew budget by $2.6m as staff splurged

Rugby Australia’s review into the performance identifies poor culture and a lack of trust. Its CEO, Phil Waugh, says personnel changes had already been made.

www.afr.com

We can't have spent $20m on this campaign can we? Surely not

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Where are the learnings?

That fucking word is a pet hate of mine. It's LESSONS, not learnings.

 

[LeCheese]

I can understand the dislike of the 'corporate speak', but the underlying findings/outcomes shouldn't be dismissed as a result. The report has highlighted several fundamental flaws in the governance, structure, and operation of RA and has laid the foundations for those issues to be addressed. It's a positive result which, if actioned, should lead us to greener pastures.