Rugby Australia's financial pain felt widely but not shared universally | Bret Harris

About 40% of RA’s staff have gone in one swinging of the axe but such is the importance of the Wallabies, not everyone has been affectedRugby Australia has slashed jobs at its Sydney headquarters but so far it has not announced any plans to reduce new Wallabies coach Dave Rennie’s $1m a year salary. Given the current financial crisis, it seems to fly in the face of the ethos that everyone in the game share the economic pain brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.Australian rugby is in a fight for survival and every dollar counts. Asking the incoming coach to make the same kind of sacrifice as …