Rugby Australia records $27m loss, chairman Hamish McLennan hits out at wasteful spending by previous administration
Advertisement Rugby Australia has announced a $27.1 million loss for 2020, with chairman Hamish McLennan saying a period that was significantly affected by COVID-19 could have resulted in the code in Australia going amateur. Speaking at RA’s annual general meeting on Thursday, McLennan also criticised unnecessary spending by previous administrations and said they had not invested enough in grassroots rugby. ‘We openly talked about the game becoming amateur’: Hamish McLennan says the governing body’s balance sheet was ‘horrible’. Credit:Edwina Pickles McLennan, who was formally ele...