Embattled Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan has apologised to Wallabies fans but argued he’s the right man to keep leading the game in Australia.
Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan has apologised to Australian rugby fans for a dismal performance at the Rugby World Cup, but has no regrets about hiring Eddie Jones and says he’d make the same call again.
In the wake of the Wallabies’ first-ever exit from the World Cup pool stages and Jones’ subsequent resignation, McLennan addressed a number of topics in a sit-down interview withfor his role in an annus horribilis for Australian rugby, McLennan re-iterated his intention to stay in the role as chair and rejected the suggestion the recruitment of Jones had been a “captain’s pick”.
“We have had to make a lot of significant calls for rugby over the last three years so I was in a position where I certainly gave a point of view. It is unfair to say it was my call only, but I was certainly an advocate for Eddie and I think given the circumstances I would probably make the same call again.“In business and in life, you don’t have a 100 per cent success rate. You don’t get every call right. I am really gutted.
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