Castle Gone

[jargan83]

Jeff Bezos himself couldn't save the clusterfuck that is Rugby Australia and its board.

[sittingbison]

Heard this on radio on way home:

"The board and I are absolutely committed to do the hard yards and make the tough decisions that it's going to take to get through this"

Ancient axiom popped into scone - Confucious? Sun Tzu?? AFL coach???:
Having the full support of the board equals knife in back

Two houra later...

Rugby is fucked. I'm done until RA is replaced with a REPRESENTATIVE national body, and the Qld-NSW axis binned

[SPaRTAN]

And Clyne’s got away scot free again. Which Board of Directors is he going to pop up on next I wonder.

Not really, his reputation was totally trashed and his legacy is a joke. He will go down as the worst chairman in ARU/RA history. He has to live with that reputational damage.

[SPaRTAN]

What an ignorant post Spartan! Do you realise that RA was stuffed long before Castle came on the scene? She has basically taken the sword for the mess that O'Neill then Pulver and Clyne left RA in. Nothing will change unless there is a major restructure of the way the Board is appointed

Not convinced. That listening tour achieved nothing. She also did nothing for WA. Im not judging her on what happened before her time, im judging her on the screwups and wasted money getting Johnson on board, her mishandling of the Folau case and them settling for such a ridiculous sum, her bungled TV rights deal that never eventuated, and worst of all her INABILITY to do anything for WA despite wasting our time with her "listening" tour, it was at a time when we urgently needed some support from RA and she did nothing.

I do wondwr whether we still get less money than SA? If she couldnt even correct that then she is even worse. Im not prepared to forgive and forget, not enough water has passed under the bridge and too much inaction from the top for my liking for me to ever trust them again. If she did something for us it wouldnt have been as bad, but the fact she did absolutely nothing is unforgivable!

[shasta]

According to the SMH another Mosman denizen is maneuvering to become CEO. Kearns says he'd be great for the job although..."I don't know him incredibly well. He was the assistant coach of the team my son played in and I observed that he was committed, there at just about every training session,"

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-u...23-p54mk5.html

[fulvio sammut]

Shasta, you're kidding, right?

LoL

[JSJ]

According to the SMH another Mosman denizen is maneuvering to become CEO. Kearns says he'd be great for the job although..."I don't know him incredibly well. He was the assistant coach of the team my son played in and I observed that he was committed, there at just about every training session,"

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-u...23-p54mk5.html

He will do. As a bonus, he is a Sydney Uni man as well.

[The InnFORCEr]

Will she take a huge payout, will she seek her $114K bonus??

Let's see how she really cares about rugby in Australia.

[SNOB]

Funny how the board lost faith in her after Clyne had gone! She was just his mouthpiece. If th board wasn’t so eastcoastcentric they should have had both out ages ago. Now really is the time to clear out some other dead wood and start again!

[SlowLock]

From the outside Castle was stitched up. One thing that stands out like balls on a bulldog is George Gregan. I would count my fingers if I had to shake that persons hand. He appears to be the smiling assassin throughout this saga. Could be wrong but don't think so.

[Bakkies]

She had to go. You look at the annual reports the sole executive director who signs off on them is the CEO. Castle hasn’t done that and they are due on the 30th. They are barely a solvent entity with no income to trade their way out of.

[The InnFORCEr]

Will she take a huge payout, will she seek her $114K bonus??

Let's see how she really cares about rugby in Australia.

Apparently no payout required, so will she get the bonus?

[Bakkies]

Apparently no payout required, so will she get the bonus?

Twiggy gave the RA and the Rebels a nice back handed serve in the Oz today.

The captains now want to work with WA and Twiggy which is a huge step forward the game here.

[valzc]

Twiggy gave the RA and the Rebels a nice back handed serve in the Oz today.

The captains now want to work with WA and Twiggy which is a huge step forward the game here.

And a good swipe at Clyne too! I can’t see how Clyne could ever shake off the shit that sticks to him to ever be accepted by a corporate body, especially when one of Australia’s most successful billionaires loathes him. But then, Clyne seems to have thick skin.

[AndyS]

The captains now want to work with WA and Twiggy which is a huge step forward the game here.

I'm pretty sure that when they say work with, they mean they'd really like WA to reassume the position and for Twiggy to pay for everything...