Rugby Australia boss Phil Waugh met Victorian government officials on Wednesday to discuss the future of the Melbourne Rebels, as liquidators continued to look for a way forward for the club.
But there are still no guarantees over whether the government will provide a bailout for the club, which officially entered voluntary administration on Monday with a multimillion-dollar debt.
Melbourne Rebels player Brad Wilkin last season. Club chiefs insist the Rebels will take the field in 2024.Credit: Getty
The Sydney-based boss flew down to Melbourne on Wednesday and met Rebels players and staff before meeting with Sports Minister Steve Dimopolous and members of the government-operated Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust.
The club owes a reported $1 million in stadium fees to the trust.
Speaking outside the Rebels’ home base of AAMI Park, Waugh again avoided committing to the future of the Rebels beyond 2024, but said a decision about the club would be made as quickly as it could to avoid an extended period of uncertainty.
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“We’ve always had a very strong relationship with all governments and certainly the Victorian government, and now we’re having very sensible constructive conversations around the viability of a provisional,…