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    Wallabies legend John Eales joins ARU board

    Wallabies legend John Eales joins ARU board
    April 15, 2010 - 2:19pm
    Story by: ARU


    John Eales, a dual Rugby World Cup winner and captain of the Wallabies’ triumphant campaign for the William Webb Ellis Cup in 1999, was today appointed to the Australian Rugby Union Board.


    origional article:
    http://www.rugby.com.au/news/aru_gen.../section/21893

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    Inevitable really!

    It was just a matter of time before the great man was called.

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    It's funny, I agree with you Gigs in it being inevitable and probably inevitable to be Chairman one day too, but I have a strange sense as I did with Cosgrove of almost being uneasy. He is kind of "above them" in character and will have a constant fight not to be brought down to the lowest common denominator.
    I dunno, maybe something akin to a nun standing at a bus stop in front of a Sunday Session or a knockers shop...

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    i'm more interested to find out if his opinions on the ARC have been put in the media at all...

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    Echoing Burgs am uneasy Cosgrove left - really hope Eales can inspire them into unity and solvency which has always seemed to be an issue

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thequeerone View Post
    Echoing Burgs am uneasy Cosgrove left - really hope Eales can inspire them into unity and solvency which has always seemed to be an issue
    Cosgrove couldn't handle the perceived conflict of interest of being a Qld appointment to the board when the ARU is bailing out the QRU.....I think Eales has been elected under a different system of nomination (anybody got actual facts to back up my hunch?)

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    Quote Originally Posted by GIGS20 View Post
    Cosgrove couldn't handle the perceived conflict of interest of being a Qld appointment to the board when the ARU is bailing out the QRU.....I think Eales has been elected under a different system of nomination (anybody got actual facts to back up my hunch?)
    I think what happened GIGs is that at a board meeting Peter handed in his resignation to which they asked "who will take your place" and the reply came............."Nobody"

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    I may have been taken out of context a little, what I'm trying to say is that Cosgrove and Eales are too straight for the position and will/would have issues dealing with all the backroom BS, taking away from what on the surface (was Cosgrove) is an excellent choice.

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