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  • BovidaeB Offline
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    wrote on last edited by Bovidae
    #4414

    Rugby Australia has been dealt another sizeable blow, with Harvey Norman opting not to renew its three-year sponsorship of Super Rugby.
    The news was confirmed by chairperson Gerry Harvey on Thursday, with the company shifting its sports sponsorship focus elsewhere.
    "What we do is, we do whatever sport for a while; we don't necessarily hang on to it forever," Harvey told the Sydney Morning Herald.
    "So we move around on different sports so we're very heavy into sport advertising that we don't necessarily stay with the one sport forever.

    The full article is on ESPN. I'm surprised that McLennan's head hasn't exploded yet with his own self-importance based on his comments later in the article. He certainly knows how to market himself. What a muppet.

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    @barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:
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    Had he left after the World Cup, I think he would be viewed differently. People would respect the balls to make the big calls, and resign when the biggest call didn't work out. Instead he hung on, insisting we needed him and it was all a witch hunt from jaded losers who were out to get him. It was sad.

    Has his redundancy package been published? That'll be why he didn't resign.

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  • nzzpN Online
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    Wow, just wow. A Eur1M agreement that was ORAL ONLY WTAF? Amateur hour.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/133351599/rugby-australia-seek-1-million-from-france-after-preworld-cup-contracting-blunder

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  • NepiaN Online
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    @nzzp said in Aussie Rugby:

    Wow, just wow. A Eur1M agreement that was ORAL ONLY WTAF? Amateur hour.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/133351599/rugby-australia-seek-1-million-from-france-after-preworld-cup-contracting-blunder

    This is the type of business guy the governance review reckons we need more of in NZ ...

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  • NTAN Offline
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    Again: hubris. Thinking nobody would back out of a handshake deal.

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  • antipodeanA Online
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    @nzzp said in Aussie Rugby:

    Wow, just wow. A Eur1M agreement that was ORAL ONLY WTAF? Amateur hour.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/133351599/rugby-australia-seek-1-million-from-france-after-preworld-cup-contracting-blunder

    That's the business genius RA has now lost with McLennan throwing his toys out of the cot?

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  • TimT Away
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    Was the verbal agreement made with convicted fraudster Bernard Laporte?

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  • CatograndeC Offline
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    replied to Tim on last edited by
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    @Tim

    Yep

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  • Victor MeldrewV Offline
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    @Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:

    Reason actually on point about Hamish

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/301012563/mark-reason-the-madness-of-hamish-mclennan-and-why-nz-rugby-is-joyful

    "Rumours of an impromptu champagne party being thrown at the headquarters of New Zealand Rugby have yet to be substantiated, although the bellicose Aussie businessman was known to be about as popular with the leaders of NZR as a rabid possum."

    Seriously quality writing.

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  • boobooB Do not disturb
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    @Victor-Meldrew said in Aussie Rugby:

    @Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:

    Reason actually on point about Hamish

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/301012563/mark-reason-the-madness-of-hamish-mclennan-and-why-nz-rugby-is-joyful

    "Rumours of an impromptu champagne party being thrown at the headquarters of New Zealand Rugby have yet to be substantiated, although the bellicose Aussie businessman was known to be about as popular with the leaders of NZR as a rabid possum."

    Seriously quality writing.

    Mark Reason?

    Does not compute...

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  • Victor MeldrewV Offline
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    replied to booboo on last edited by Victor Meldrew
    #4424

    @booboo said in Aussie Rugby:

    @Victor-Meldrew said in Aussie Rugby:

    @Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:

    Reason actually on point about Hamish

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/301012563/mark-reason-the-madness-of-hamish-mclennan-and-why-nz-rugby-is-joyful

    "Rumours of an impromptu champagne party being thrown at the headquarters of New Zealand Rugby have yet to be substantiated, although the bellicose Aussie businessman was known to be about as popular with the leaders of NZR as a rabid possum."

    Seriously quality writing.

    Mark Reason?

    Does not compute...

    Pardon my irony. 🙂

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    @Victor-Meldrew said in Aussie Rugby:

    @booboo said in Aussie Rugby:

    @Victor-Meldrew said in Aussie Rugby:

    @Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:

    Reason actually on point about Hamish

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/301012563/mark-reason-the-madness-of-hamish-mclennan-and-why-nz-rugby-is-joyful

    "Rumours of an impromptu champagne party being thrown at the headquarters of New Zealand Rugby have yet to be substantiated, although the bellicose Aussie businessman was known to be about as popular with the leaders of NZR as a rabid possum."

    Seriously quality writing.

    Mark Reason?

    Does not compute...

    Pardon my irony. 🙂

    Yeah you know the subject must be a bit of a toxic individual when that happens.

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  • NTAN Offline
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    replied to Victor Meldrew on last edited by NTA
    #4426

    @Victor-Meldrew said in Aussie Rugby:

    @Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:

    Reason actually on point about Hamish

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/301012563/mark-reason-the-madness-of-hamish-mclennan-and-why-nz-rugby-is-joyful

    "Rumours of an impromptu champagne party being thrown at the headquarters of New Zealand Rugby have yet to be substantiated, although the bellicose Aussie businessman was known to be about as popular with the leaders of NZR as a rabid possum."

    Seriously quality writing.

    Sounds like Greg Growden from over here. Enormously pleased with their own cleverness and has enough readership of similar intelligence to chortle along with them.

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  • barbarianB Offline
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    @MajorRage said in Aussie Rugby:

    @barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:
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    Had he left after the World Cup, I think he would be viewed differently. People would respect the balls to make the big calls, and resign when the biggest call didn't work out. Instead he hung on, insisting we needed him and it was all a witch hunt from jaded losers who were out to get him. It was sad.

    Has his redundancy package been published? That'll be why he didn't resign.

    Given he was an elected Chair, I'm not sure he gets one? I'm no expert in corporate governance though...

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    replied to barbarian on last edited by
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    @barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:

    @MajorRage said in Aussie Rugby:

    @barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:
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    Had he left after the World Cup, I think he would be viewed differently. People would respect the balls to make the big calls, and resign when the biggest call didn't work out. Instead he hung on, insisting we needed him and it was all a witch hunt from jaded losers who were out to get him. It was sad.

    Has his redundancy package been published? That'll be why he didn't resign.

    Given he was an elected Chair, I'm not sure he gets one? I'm no expert in corporate governance though...

    Yup he decided to chuck his teddies out cos he couldn't be chair, he could've stayed as board member

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  • NepiaN Online
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    @barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:

    @MajorRage said in Aussie Rugby:

    @barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:
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    Had he left after the World Cup, I think he would be viewed differently. People would respect the balls to make the big calls, and resign when the biggest call didn't work out. Instead he hung on, insisting we needed him and it was all a witch hunt from jaded losers who were out to get him. It was sad.

    Has his redundancy package been published? That'll be why he didn't resign.

    Given he was an elected Chair, I'm not sure he gets one? I'm no expert in corporate governance though...

    Board members aren't employees so wouldn't be covered by normal redundancy and as @Machpants notes he resigned because he wouldn't be Chair.

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    replied to Nepia on last edited by
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    @Nepia given the handshake deal....i would think if he was subject to normal employment law...he would be in line for gross negligence if he hadn;t left

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  • NTAN Offline
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    https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1J5fhqCowSnUqaq2/?mibextid=K8Wfd2
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  • NTAN Offline
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    Ever wondered what Marika Vunibaka is up to? Wonder no more!

    https://fb.watch/oGhVxMQ6sh/

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