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Ex-Referee Trashes Retirement Gift in Fury – Slams IRFU Over Mack Hansen Fallout

Ex-Referee Trashes Retirement Gift in Fury – Slams IRFU Over Mack Hansen Fallout

A disenchanted Chris Busby has posted a picture of his IRFU retirement memento placed in his rubbish bin on the same day as his exit from professional rugby.

The official announced in January that he would be hanging up his whistle at the end of the season, a development that emerged not long after his performance in the December match between Leinster and Connacht was heavily criticised.

The most difficult period of my professional life…”

The Hansen incident and the furore it caused, though, were described as the tipping point in Busby’s multi-reason retirement decision.

He remained on the books at the IRFU until the end of the 2024/25 season. However, after finishing up in the job, he published a no-holds-barred post on LinkedIn on Tuesday that laid bare the level of his upset with rugby’s governing body in Ireland.

In the post, accompanied by a picture where the framed leaving memento he received from the IRFU was in this bin, Busby wrote: “Today marks the end of my time with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). I was given a framed photo as a memento to mark the occasion.

“A gesture, I suppose. But what I really needed – and never received – from IRFU leadership was genuine support during the most difficult period of my professional life. I’ll be sharing more about that in the months ahead. For now, I’m grateful for the people I’ve met through the game, and looking forward to what’s next.”

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