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Crash through or crash trying: The strategy behind rugby’s power play – Sydney Morning Herald
The new Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan has thrown out the rule book with rugby in a big gamble that will make or break his credibility.
“It probably doesn’t fit into their spreadsheet and they might be suffering from that debilitating syndrome, which is ‘not invented here’. But if you’re asking how can we make it more interesting for fans and broadcast, that’s one way we can do it and it solves the depth issue,” McLennan said.
Whack. That was the former ad man’s pre-emptive strike against cries of derision when New Zealand powerbrokers read about his idea to use up-and-coming Kiwi players – as well as other foreign players – to…
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