Peggy O’Neal to chair Commonwealth Games planning committee

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The American-born O’Neal was the first woman to serve as an AFL president and has taken the Tigers from a consistently underperforming side to one of the premier teams in the competition | lachieabbott CommonwealthGames Tigers

Outgoing Richmond president Peggy O’Neal will lead the organising committee tasked with planning the 2026 Commonwealth Games to be held in regional Victoria.

Richmond president Peggy O’Neal will help plan the Commonwealth Games to be held in regional Victoria in 2026.The American-born O’Neal was the first woman to serve as an AFL president and has taken the Tigers from a consistently underperforming side to one of the premier teams in the competition. The trailblazing president willat the head of the club’s board in December, having overseen three premierships in 2017, 2019 and 2020.

The new board announced on Friday night by Deputy Premier and Commonwealth Games minister Jacinta Allan includes First Nations advocate Belinda Duarte and corporate and public sector executive Lisa Gray.

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