RUGBY Australia had no option the other day but to reveal that they can get their knickers in as big a financial twist as the best of them on this side of the equator. Rather than dwell unduly long on a loss of more than £17m for 2024, RA’s chairperson, Daniel Herbert, tried to divert attention elsewhere, to France and attempts by Top 14 clubs to sign young Wallabies.
“Our view is that France has the ability to produce its own players,’’ Herbert said. “They don’t need to come and talk to our player agents to try and poach ours at a very y...
