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Waugh chest: How Rugby Australia should spend their incoming millions

Paul Cully Rugby columnist September 6, 2025 — 9.30am

Rugby Australia bosses Phil Waugh and Dan Herbert clearly didn’t come down in the last shower.

Given Australian rugby’s chequered track record with financial windfalls, the pair recognise that trumpeting wealth would be almost as dangerous as advertising financial distress.

After paying off RA’s $60 million debt in one fell swoop with proceeds from the British and Irish Lions tour, they were at pains this week to emphasise that there’s still hard work ahead — signalling to all the hungry mouths out there (and player agents) that there would be no giveaways.

But they won’t be able to hide their robust position for long

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