Wallabies great Phil Kearns to lead Australia's 2027 Rugby World Cup bid

  • Role appears to rule Kearns out of running for RA CEO job
  • He joins John Howard among others on bid team

Two-time Rugby World Cup winner Phil Kearns will head Australia’s 2027 tournament bid. Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan announced Kearns had been appointed executive director, seeming to rule the former hooker out of the running as the new chief executive.

Kearns, who played 67 Tests for Australia, will lead a heavyweight team that includes former prime minister John Howard, former governor-general Sir Peter Cosgrove and International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates.

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