Rugby Australia boss Hamish McLennan is AXED after late-night board vote with chiefs making the change after World Cup shocker and Eddie Jones nightmare

Hamish McLennan has reportedly been relieved of his duties as Rugby Australia boss following a late-night board vote.

The decision comes in the wake of the Wallabies' disastrous Rugby World Cup campaign and Eddie Jones's resignation as coach of the team.

McLennan hired Jones to great fanfare at the start of the year but his dream return soon turned into a nightmare, with the combative coach now linked with the Japan head coach role. 

Daniel Herbert has replaced McLennan as chairman of Rugby Australia. 

Earlier this week, six fed-up state representatives demanded he walk away from Rugby Australia, with Queensland Rugby chair Brett Clark declaring on Friday McLennan 'is not the right cultural fit for how we want our game to be represented.'

As well as the Jones disaster, he was also responsible for signing Sydney Roosters NRL young gun Joseph Suaalii on a whopping $5.3million multi-year contract from 2025.

One source told News Corp before the vote: 'We are giving Hamish the opportunity to step down with dignity.

'But if he decides not to, we will have the votes to move him on. He is a dead man walking.'

McLennan has attributed the Wallabies' disastrous 2023 to structural issues within Australian rugby and has pleaded for time to turn things around.