Rugby Australia stakeholders oust director, former NRL exec elected

Rugby Australia will need to find another two board members before the end of the year after frustrated shareholders decided to vote against the re-election of a board director.

Karen Penrose, a non-executive director at Cochlear Limited, Ramsay Health Care Limited and Bank of Queensland, will step down from the governing body after she did not receive a two-thirds majority from members, which include the Super Rugby franchises and state unions.