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The Rebels are victims of a long-overdue austerity drive in Australian rugby
At first glance, it’d be easy to look at 2024 and already call it another annus horribilis for Australian rugby.
Just seven months in, the team of Australia’s biggest market, the Waratahs, has won the Super Rugby wooden spoon and on Thursday, Rugby Australia announced it was shutting down the Melbourne Rebels after 14 seasons – on the eve of their first-ever finals appearance.
Given the last ten years of Australian rugby, however, which has included (but is not limited to) the Western Force axing, a........
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