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Ulster part ways with CEO with immediate effect
By Josh Raisey
Ulster and the IRFU have confirmed that they have parted ways with CEO Jonny Petrie by mutual agreement.
The Irish province confirmed Petrie's departure in a short statement, also detailing the imminent appointment of an interim CEO during the recruitment process.
IRFU CEO Kevin Potts said: “The IRFU and Ulster Rugby thank Jonny for the five years spent with Ulster Rugby and wish him well, both personally and professionally, for the future.”
Petrie joined Ulster in January 2019 but leaves in what has been a turbulent season so far at the club. Former head coach Dan McFarland also departed last month after almost six years at the Kingspan Stadium.
Alongside a problematic season on the pitch, Ulster also reported losses of £900,000 for the 2022/23 season, with Petrie himself citing the late rearranged Champions Cup visit from La Rochelle in December 2022 to the Aviva Stadium as a contributing factor to their losses.
Ulster are currently in seventh place in the United Rugby Championship ahead of a clash with the Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday in the second instalment of their two-match series in South Africa. A 22-12 loss to the Sharks at the weekend handed the Duban-based side only their second league win of the season, lifting them from the bottom of the table.
Added to the loss, both fly-half Billy Burns (shoulder) and flanker Sean Reffell (ankle) have had scans today for injuries they picked up in the match.
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I thought you meant in europe. Because all of the reasons theyre different I wouldn't correlate that to mean for europe, as in french broadcasters pay two or three times as much as the UK or SA broadcasters do, like they do for their league.
With France, it's not just about viewers, they are also paying much more. So no doubt there will be a hit (to the amount the French teams receive for only playing a fraction of it) but they may not care too much as long as the big clubs, the top 8 for example, enter the meaty end, and it wouldn't have the same value to them as the top14 contract/compensation does. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if the 3 separate networks broadcast deals only went to the clubs in their regions as well (that's how SR ended up (unbalanced) I believe).
Go to commentsHis best years were 2018 and he wasn't good enough to win the World Cup in 2023! (Although he was voted as the best player in the world in 2023)
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