Complete disaster’: David Leckie calls for Rugby Australia clear-out

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A former leader in Australian media has called for a complete cleanout of Rugby Australia, calling for Raelene Castle to follow the lead of departing chairman Cameron Clyne.

David Leckie, the former chief executive of the Seven Media Group, didn't pull any punches in his assessment of the sport's national body, with a particular focus on Castle.

"We have to get rid of the entire board and start again," Leckie told the Australian. "There's not a single person on it who deserves to remain there.

"Raelene has been a total disaster. She doesn't know rugby, she doesn't know Australia and, judging by her time at Canterbury (Bulldogs), she doesn't know how to manage a salary cap.

"She buggered that club. Central to your role when you're the general manager of a club, is salary cap. That's your first, first and first priority."


Leckie's comments come a day after rugby Australia announced the signing of Kiwi Dave Rennie as the next Wallabies coach, following the departure of Michael Cheika after the Rugby World Cup.

Cheika stood down from his post as Wallabies coach after five rough seasons in which the Wallabies won just 34 of his 68 games in charge.

Speaking to Radio Sport's D'Arcy Waldegrave on Wednesday, Castle said Rennie's signing was an exciting one for the organization.

"He was by far and away the most outstanding candidate," Castle said.

"We believed he was the best fit not only from a performance coaching point of view but also a cultural point of view and his experience in bringing groups of people together is very sound.

"Dave's proven ability both at the Chiefs and what he's done in a short time with the Glasgow Warriors to bring together a group of men and build a culture where they all want to work together toward the same thing is one of his best skill sets and that's something we know will be very valuable to us.

"We had a plan and we worked really hard to execute it."

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Fkn lol the ARU and the Wannabes can EAD.

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A former leader in Australian media has called for a complete cleanout of Rugby Australia, calling for Raelene Castle to follow the lead of departing chairman Cameron Clyne.

David Leckie, the former chief executive of the Seven Media Group, didn't pull any punches in his assessment of the sport's national body, with a particular focus on Castle.

"We have to get rid of the entire board and start again," Leckie told the Australian. "There's not a single person on it who deserves to remain there.

"Raelene has been a total disaster. She doesn't know rugby, she doesn't know Australia and, judging by her time at Canterbury (Bulldogs), she doesn't know how to manage a salary cap.

"She buggered that club. Central to your role when you're the general manager of a club, is salary cap. That's your first, first and first priority."


Leckie's comments come a day after rugby Australia announced the signing of Kiwi Dave Rennie as the next Wallabies coach, following the departure of Michael Cheika after the Rugby World Cup.

Cheika stood down from his post as Wallabies coach after five rough seasons in which the Wallabies won just 34 of his 68 games in charge.

Speaking to Radio Sport's D'Arcy Waldegrave on Wednesday, Castle said Rennie's signing was an exciting one for the organization.

"He was by far and away the most outstanding candidate," Castle said.

"We believed he was the best fit not only from a performance coaching point of view but also a cultural point of view and his experience in bringing groups of people together is very sound.

"Dave's proven ability both at the Chiefs and what he's done in a short time with the Glasgow Warriors to bring together a group of men and build a culture where they all want to work together toward the same thing is one of his best skill sets and that's something we know will be very valuable to us.

"We had a plan and we worked really hard to execute it."

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Castle wont fall on her sword and resign because she’s female and these days they are conditioned to believe they are never wrong from lefties bullshit like the media and social media, they don’t have to be accountable for their failings because it’s always some poor white, heterosexual, Christian males fault hence the resignations of Clyne and Cheika! Mmmm does Dib and Haslers names ring a bell anyone anyone! Time to admit you fucked up Rae Rae...
 

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I've got no idea how well Castle does her job. But she's only a portion of the leadership team. She's in the unfortunate position of standing right in the firing line when the critics start firing off the insults.

What I took from that article is that the NRL and Union are both in a similar situation to some extent. Both codes have sat on their hands with regards to getting youth into the game. I live in a town of around 35k people. League in this town struggles to put a team together, let alone one brimming with talent. Soccer on the other hand has a flourishing amount of involvement.

I don't really follow union, but as far as league goes, I think that you can see that in certain areas we're already seeing areas where a lack of care for the grass roots is beginning to show.

We still have plenty of talent and big bodies stocking the forwards in league. There is still talent in the outside backs. But it just seems like the specialised positions aren't getting much talent flow on from the junior levels to the elite level. I think that's a direct result of the lack of investment from the NRL.
 
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