chief executive Raelene Castle

Rugby Australia committed to promoting from within

Brad Thorn will coach Queensland for a third straight Super Rugbycampaign, media speculation suggests fellow Dave Rennie and Rob Penney are favoured to take over at Wallabies and Waratahsrespectively.

Daryl Gibson, a former All Black, resigned after four years as the Waratahs coach to open up a vacancy while Wallabies incumbent Michael Cheika has already indicated he will leave if Australia don’t win the World Cup in Japan.