The defunct Super Rugby club has launched a damages claim against Rugby Australia demanding $30 million from the peak body.Rugby Australia now has a week to respond.
A federal court judge has rebuked Rugby Australia’s bid for more time to respond to a blistering demand from the Melbourne Rebels, finding the national sports body was well acquainted with the allegations levelled against it.
Bannon also told the court that RA needed more time to consider whether it might lodge its own legal action in response. “There will be genuine and serious credit issue about whether these representations were made,” he said. “We will be seeking to lodge a cross claim, bringing in other parties including the directors, and we would need time before we took that step because it is a significant step if we were to do this,” he said.Counsel for the Rebels, Philip Crutchfield, KC, told the court that Rugby Australia was already familiar with the allegations and there had been “stony silence” from the sporting body regarding its claims.
“On 9 July, we provided another draft of the statement, and it’s … substantially in the same form as it is now, ” he said.Justice Anderson ruled that Bannon had demonstrated in court that he was well aware of the details of the case, and ordered that the national rugby body must file their counter-claim by November 7.
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