An AFL player that gets chosen with the prized number one pick in their year’s national draft has a heavy burden to carry. For some, like Jack Watts and Tom Boyd, the toll the pressure takes proves too much of a burden. For others, like Sam Walsh, they need just a few games to prove […]

Is there any Australian sport that does a letter quite like rugby does? After months of disquiet about the actions of Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan, matters dramatically came to a head on Friday with the issuing of a demand letter penned by six of Australia’s rugby states. McLennan was given an ultimatum to resign […]

Rugby Australia will determine the immediate fate of under-siege chairman Hamish McLennan, with the board set to vote on his future at an 8pm on Sunday night. “Let’s see what happens. Will the RA board stand up to a few states?” McLennan told News Corp. The decision to vote follows two days of emergency meetings, […]

Under-siege Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan says he “won’t back down” and has welcomed calls for an Extraordinary General Meeting amid demands from disgruntled member unions to resign. RA had three emergency board meetings over the weekend to determine their course of action following a letter from six state unions on Friday night calling on […]