The new Rugby Australia chairman wasted no time outlining a bold agenda for the ailing game,but he faces significant challenges delivering it.
The deputy chair of $92 billion investment management group Magellan takes charge of the game in a period of unprecedented turbulence.
Rugby Australia and Raelene Castle tried to keep the organisation's financial results for last year under wraps but the irony is there was little need to do so.
Rugby Australia's interim executive chairman has moved to mend the relationship with outgoing Ten boss Paul Anderson.
When RA chief executive Raelene Castle agreed to a pre-recorded TV interview on Thursday,little did she know she would be out of the job by the end of the day.
It was not an explosive letter,signed by 10 Wallabies captains,calling for the administration to"step aside"this week that cost Castle her job.
The meeting was set as one of the most respected Wallabies captains withdrew his support for the captains'letter which called for the RA administration to stand aside.
In the Wallabies captains group,rugby players have found an independent and respected group to help deliver the"transformation"they have spoken of for weeks.
Raelene Castle appears set to survive to steer rugby through the immediate coronavirus crisis. Her future,and the sport's,beyond that,is uncertain.
Rugby Australia and the players'union won't call it a stand-off,but it is threatening the game's survival.
Rugby Australia announced a three-month survival plan for the game but could not guarantee what form professional rugby would take next year.