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Former Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle secures new top job in New Zealand
By AAP
Former Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle is returning home as New Zealand's top sports administrator.
Castle, who left RA in April after two years, has been appointed chief executive of Sport New Zealand.
She replaces Peter Miskimmin, who resigned in August after 12 years in the position at the crown agency, and is the first woman in the role.
Castle stepped down from RA after the board said she no longer had their confidence.
She oversaw a protracted public and legal row with star player Israel Folau over homophobic social media posts and also clashed with then Wallabies coach Michael Cheika.
The code also hit significant financial strife when she failed to reach an agreement for broadcast rights and then suffered the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Castle said she was pleased to be back contributing to New Zealand sport.
"My time in Australasian sport has shown me the critical role sport and recreation play in bringing communities together and the positive impact those experiences have on society," she told Stuff.co.nz
"I am looking forward to working with our partners and colleagues across Government and our sector to ensure more New Zealanders, particularly our tamariki and rangatahi, are able to enjoy quality participation experiences."
Castle, who has also been chief executive of Netball New Zealand and NRL club Canterbury, will be involved in the rolling out of New Zealand's Sport Recovery Package.
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Agreed. And I don't have much more to say on it, but I had been having one thought that sprang to mind at the tail of this discussion, and that is that it's not all about Razor.
It's not about any coach being "right". I think a lot of selections can become defense and while it doesn't really apply here I really enjoyed that Andy Farrell just gave into the public demands and changed out his team for the change that had been asked for. Like why not? This is the countries team, keep them engaged. The whole reason i've only just finished watching the game was because I wasn't interested in watching any of the selected players against a team like Italy (still actually enjoyed the first half with the contest Italy made of it).
Faz leap frogs a younger half back into start. He hands the golden child the game over July's golden child. He gives an old winger a go, a new flanker and hooker. None of them really did any good, certainly not enough to suggest they should have been promoted above others, but who cares? You won, and you gave the country what they wanted, that's all that matters after all. It's for the country, not the one in charge who thinks they have to have their own pied piper tune playing.
Go to commentsAs Naas would say... A win is a win.
It was not perfect and at times frustrating. All 3 tests were not the best by the Boks and they still found ways to win.
Rassie would have noted the sloppyness at times and silly mistakes. The 9's made amateur handling mistakes when clearing the rucks in all 3 tests.
Once the "stupid" mistakes are eliminated, this Bok team will be very very hard to beat.
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