Raelene Castle becomes latest casualty of Australia's flawed rugby system | Bret Harris

Did the tenure of the first woman to fill the role of Rugby Australia chief executive really end in failure?Under siege for several months, Raelene Castle tendered her resignation to Rugby Australia just three days after the publication of a letter co-authored by 11 unhappy former Wallabies captains calling for leadership change. The letter was the last straw for Castle, who had lost the confidence and support of major stakeholders in the game, including her own board.But how much of Castle’s downfall was her own fault? How much was the product of a dysfunctional governance structure, which ha…