Olympic guru's advice to Wallabies as pay saga rolls on

PerthNow - Nov 11, 2026

John Coates, who helped parlay Sydney 2000 into long-term stability for the Olympic movement in Australia, feels a sense of deja vu about rugby's pay spat.

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