Rugby league has Project Apollo to relaunch the game and now the 10 former Wallabies captains who pushed for Raelene Castle's resignation have unveiled their blueprint to make Australian rugby great again.
And the centrepiece of the captains' master plan is the establishment of an Australian Rugby Review board to dissect the code's disturbing decline over the past decade and then, hopefully, to return the game to its glory days.
Stirling Mortlock, one of those who signed a letter sent this week to Rugby Australia calling for a leadership change, believes the need for a total overhaul has been 13 years coming.
Mortlock says he personally thinks they should have had the 'Oh Jesus' moment after the 2007 World Cup - just like New Zealand did.
He says New Zealand used the 2007 experience of also being eliminated in the quarter-finals by France to create alignment throughout their whole rugby system.
He says, unfortunately, Australia didn't.
Mortlock hopes the healing and "reinvention" can begin immediately.
He acknowledged the group of captains - which also includes Nick Farr-Jones, George Gregan, George Smith, Simon Poidevin, Stephen Moore, Jason Little, Rod McCall, Nathan Sharpe, and Phil Kearns - didn't have all the answers.
But they share a collective burning desire to find the solution through the creation of the review board.
TVNZ reports the independently chaired think-tank panel would likely comprise of a delegate each from the ACT Brumbies, NSW Waratahs, Queensland Reds, Melbourne Rebels, and Western Force, two or three from Rugby Australia, one from RUPA and up to eight other appointments.
[Source:TVNZ]
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