Former Australia boss John Connolly weighs in on the recent Australian Rugby Union election that saw Ron Graham elected President. Read his thoughts in the Sydney Morning Herald.
"The plethora of phone calls I've received since Thursday from people concerned the ARU is being run on the personal agendas of chief executive John O'Neill just made my decision easier. O'Neill's dislike for Graham - a good friend of mine - stems back to his sacking in 2003, when Graham was a member of the board responsible for cutting O'Neill loose.
"There were extensive efforts in the week building up to the meeting to have NSWRU members reject voting the company line. And if not for the efforts of chairman Ed Zemancheff to pull his delegates into line, NSW could have been in trouble."
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