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Melbourne Rebels players have been called to a meeting with Rugby Australia at AAMI Park where they are set to be told the club will be axed from the Super Rugby Pacific competition. Coach Kevin Foote has confirmed the meeting with RA chief executive Phil Waugh was taking place on Thursday, as Rebels players prepare to fly to Fiji for their final-round clash against the Drua on Saturday.
Melbourne have been in voluntary administration since January with debts owed to creditors exceeding $23 million including an $11.5 million debt to the tax office. Rugby Australia cut staff and took over player and coaching payments for the season, with the Rebels handing over their competition licence. A private consortium put forward a plan to fund the club until 2030, which was supported by the administrator but RA and the ATO voted against the deal at the creditors’ meeting.
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