Rugby Australia said Tuesday it would help the Melbourne Rebels to take their place in the 2024 Super Rugby competition after the debt-laden club went into voluntary administration.
The governing body said it would work with the appointed administrator to ensure both men’s and women’s teams would be able to field sides in 2024.
The Rebels are reportedly in more than AUS$10 million (US$6.6 million) of debt and the club formally entered voluntary administration on Monday night.
The men’s Super Rugby Pacific season begins in less than a month and the women’s kicks off in March.
Chief executive Phil Waugh said Rugby Australia would support the Rebels, whose men’s side are due to host the ACT Brumbies in their season-opener on February …
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