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Rugby Australia hold farcical press conference on Wallabies future
By Online Editors
Rugby Australia Chairman Cameron Clyne has today addressed the media in a somewhat farcical press conference during the December board meeting in Sydney at Rugby Australia Headquarters.
Clyne explained the Board had received a presentation from Michael Cheika debriefing the results of the Wallabies year and data from his assistants. He said that a 'thorough review process' had to be completed before plotting a way forward but they had all the information they need.
Clyne advised the media that he 'isn't in a position to elaborate' however stated that the process 'would be done by Christmas'.
The press conference lasted a total of forty-five seconds before Clyne explained he 'had to go back to the Board meeting'. He did not open the floor for questioning and abruptly departed after thanking the press for turning up.
An exasperated member of the press could be heard saying 'wow' on camera audio shortly after Clyne left.
The reaction on social media was not kind, with many wondering what the point of the press conference was for.
"You are taking the piss aren't you?" one commenter wrote, another lamented "what a dud".
The press conference left every question unanswered. It is still unclear up whether Michael Cheika will remain as Wallabies head coach, or if any of his assistants will be let go.
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Yeah I predicted (out of thin air) it to be more like 30 points between them. You don't think it wasn't more like that because they picked jaded players?
Will have a look at the game now I guess.
Go to commentsDon't mind me lol I just thought it was funny that you saw the opportunity to show some good parochialism at the end of this article. I thought we were going to have an interesting Italian perspective on the game to read (which we could counter attack with our perspective etc), instead it was about an Englishmans perspective on the game/rugby (which I wasn't interested in replying to at all).
Oh, and I also should be always in that last sentence. Can't say I've even seen a 6N without a bunny team but it certainly wasn't Italy this year!
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