Le président de Rugby Australia viré et remplacé
Rugby Australia a confirmé qu’après une réunion qui s’est déroulée en soirée dimanche 19 novembre, le conseil d’administration a élu l’ancien arrière des Wallabies Daniel Herbert comme nouveau président de l’instance dirigeante.
Hamish McLennan avait promis de se battre pour conserver son poste malgré le fait que six fédérations membres, dont le Queensland, ACT et RugbyWA, aient exigé sa démission.
Mais la tentative de McLennan de conserver son poste a pris fin après qu’une réunion d’urgence du conseil d’administration a abouti à la prise de fonction d’Herbert.
Daniel Herbert, l’homme de la situation
Daniel Herbert, numéro 715 des Wallabies, a joué 67 tests pour l’Australie et a fait partie des équipes des Wallabies qui ont remporté la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 1999, les British and Irish Lions Series 2001, le Rugby Championship et cinq Bledisloe Cups d’affilée.
Après sa carrière de joueur, l’ancien trois-quarts centre a occupé des fonctions au sein de la QLD Rugby Union avant de se lancer dans une carrière d’homme d’affaires. Il fait partie du conseil d’administration de Rugby Australia depuis 2020.
Rugby Australia a déclaré que le conseil a considéré que l’expérience d’Herbert est idéalement adaptée pour diriger le développement du rugby depuis le niveau amateur jusqu’à l’élite, que ce soit dans le rugby féminin ou dans le rugby masculin.
En outre, il est bien placé pour conduire l’engagement continu et inébranlable du conseil à la stratégie de Rugby Australia d’aligner le rugby à travers le pays.
Besoin de rassemblement
Le nouveau président de Rugby Australia, Dan Herbert, a déclaré : « Il n’a jamais été aussi important pour le Comité Exécutif de Rugby Australia, en collaboration avec les Fédérations membres, de se rassembler et de mettre en œuvre la réforme dont nous avons absolument besoin pour un système aligné de haute performance et pour tenir les engagements que nous avons pris, notamment l’investissement dans le rugby amateur et dans le rugby féminin.
« L’Australie accueillera la tournée des British and Irish Lions en 2025, la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2027 pour les hommes et la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2029 pour les femmes, ainsi que les Jeux olympiques de 2032 – la réforme que nous mettons en œuvre maintenant va renforcer la compétitivité de nos équipes nationales, ainsi que la capacité à construire un engagement plus profond avec la communauté du rugby et les amateurs partout dans le monde.
« Nous constatons que les différentes fédérations membres ne s’opposent pas aux propositions de centralisation de Rugby Australia et restent déterminées à soutenir un alignement sur la haute performance. »
McLennan poussé vers la sortie
Une déclaration de Rugby Australia a confirmé que McLennan a officiellement démissionné du conseil d’administration de Rugby Australia.
« Le conseil souligne le programme stratégique que Hamish a contribué à mettre en œuvre, à travers le Covid et d’autres défis, en veillant à ce que le rugby en Australie puisse continuer à évoluer dans une période très difficile.
« Il quitte son poste de président après avoir joué un rôle central dans l’obtention par l’Australie des droits d’accueil de grands événements de rugby qui inspireront des générations de joueurs et de supporters, ainsi que dans la conclusion de l’accord actuel sur les droits de diffusion et dans le redressement de la situation financière de l’instance dirigeante. »
Comments on RugbyPass
What a sad way to end a glittering career. Somebody should tell him to delete his social media accounts and face the consequences of what he's done. Then he should slip away quietly into obscurity. This isn't likely to happen, something tells me he'll be back in The Sun / Daily Mail sooner rather than later.
2 Go to commentsguys its fine! he understands why he did what he did and has taken accountability for it; why should he have to be accountable to a court? after all he did was abuse people in person - its not as if he was engaging in _online_ abuse!
2 Go to commentsChiefs flanker Kaylum Boshier yellow-carded for collapsing the scrum as it rolled towards the line. It was a maul….
1 Go to commentsyou know, i’m a leinster fan so I want Northampton to lose and it is gonna be tuff with Cortney lawes, Alex michell and the other guys🏉 lets go leinster🏉
1 Go to commentsWelcome to the Pro ranks. Those hard teams of old do hit the sole better though. its a dog fight at the top.
6 Go to commentsCan someone fill me in please, I've read a number of Ben Smith articles now and it seems he's got something again South Africa? Surely, this game was over and done with 7 months ago. Can't we have something a bit more interesting and relevant, or is this the calibre of journalist on this site?
227 Go to commentsNot sure what the Welsh are moaning about. They’ve had far more players off England, than England have had off Wales. Guys like Josh Hathaway and Kane James will play for Wales in the end. And they’ll be fsr better players for having played in the Gallagher Premiership, than they ever would have been had they stayed mired in the shambles that is Welsh rugby.
3 Go to commentsThis is all being blown totally out of proportion. First of all, since half the Irish team isn’t Irish - it’s very likely that none of the Irish players said that at all and, thus, we’re not being arrogant. Second, since half the Irish team is Kiwi - it’s very likely the Kiwi players were predicting a NZ SA World Cup final. Which they got spot on. Good on them!
163 Go to commentsAha. An Irishman with logic! Follow the flow: - Ireland peaks with a >80% win record between 2020 and 2023. And then… - crashes out of another QF at the WC; - Beat a poor French Team; - Beat 6N wooden spoonists Italy; - Play shite against eventual wooden spoonists Wales; - Lose against the most boring, “the worst English team ever” , a team widely regarded as unable to attack; - scrape through against Scotland. This article, No - Trimble, is on the money! Except for one glaring statement: _The Springboks have a few aces in the hole in this debate being the reigning world champions and official world number ones_ There is no debate, boys and girls. There it is. In black and white. “Reigning World Champions and OFFICIAL world number ones”. Come July, the overrated Andy Farrell and this overhyped team are going to enter into a world of hurt.
86 Go to commentsI’d like to know what homoerotic events Daniel enjoyed at 8th man. I clearly missed out!
19 Go to commentsThis article is missing some detail, like some actual context or info about what led to him abusing the ref.
2 Go to comments*They used to say that football is a gentleman sport watched by hooligans and rugby is a hooligan sport watched by gentlemen. How times have changed.*
3 Go to commentsexcept ot wasnt late wasnt late at all so dont know why you all saying its late he commits early and its your fault fir not paying attention
30 Go to commentsNot sure the Bulls need another average utility back in their ranks. Chamberlain has been ok for the Sharks but is by no means an X-Factor player. Bulls bought several utility backs which they barely use. A typical example would be Henry Immelman who plays mostly Fullback. The Bulls however have rarely played him this year and he has played wing or centre. Bulls want to build depth but seems like they have too many surplus players
1 Go to commentsABs lost against a side playing without a hooker - The guy playing, had one shoulder. Line outs were a gimme for the ABs, and the last 8 minutes 14 played 14 against a team that had been smashed 3 weeks in a row… Yet with all that possession, with all that territory, with all the advantages they actually had, especially in the last 8 minutes, they couldn’t buy a point. Those last 8 minutes determined if they outplayed the Boks or not. History will show that the Boks completely outplayed the ABs, especially in those last 8 minutes, the business end of any rugby match
227 Go to commentsWould’ve, could’ve, should’ve, didn’t.
227 Go to commentsKok will become a fan favourite
1 Go to commentsI am really looking forward to Leigh Halfpenny playing his first Super rugby game for the Crusaders Playing a long side his former Welsh and Scarlets team mate Johnny McNicoll.Johnny has been playing great, back in a Crusaders jersey.The attack has strengthened big time. Also looking forward to David Havili at 10. David is a class act, it also allows Dallas McLeod to remain at 12. A good thing.
1 Go to commentsIf he had stopped insisting on playing in the backrow, instead of wing, where everyone told him he should, he would have been a Bok years ago….
11 Go to comments‘Salads don’t win scrums’ 😂 I love that.
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