Rugby Australia has announced a surplus of $8.2 million at its 2022 annual general meeting, returning the business to profit for the first time in four years.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge will be lit up in green and gold as Australian rugby awaits confirmation of two World Cups for the country in the next seven years.
One of those debutants was Waratahs enforcer Lachlan Swinton who became Wallaby 938 when he started at Blindside flanker in the fourth Bledisloe Cup test in Brisbane.