Outspoken Rugby Australia (RA) boss Hamish McLennan, who not too long ago admitted the game had grow to be ‘entitled’, has purchased a shocking $30million trophy dwelling in an unique Sydney suburb. 

McLennan and spouse Lucinda forked out an eye-watering quantity for the five-bedroom, five-bathroom home with breathtaking harbour views within the jap suburb of Darling Level, that had a value information of $35-40million. 

The pair purchased the Eastbourne Highway property off Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Mark Kerry – now the boss of giant recruitment company K2 – and his spouse Lynda, an inside designer. 

A gag order prevents the precise sale quantity from being revealed, however native sources say McLennan spent near $31.8million, in line with the Sydney Morning Herald. 

The rugby boss can be the chairman of the Information Corp-owned REA Group, which started from realestate.com.au. McLennan has additionally beforehand been the CEO at Channel 10, and an govt vp to Rupert Murdoch. 

Hamish McLennan and spouse Lucinda (proper), pictured with their daughter Oliva, have bought a shocking $30million trophy dwelling within the unique Sydney suburb of Darling Level

McLennan purchased this dwelling for simply over $30million, reportedly. It options sweeping harbour views, with a lounge room opening out to a sun-soaked terrace

The eating room additionally options gorgeous views of the harbour, with the inside a mixture of luxurious, trendy touches and conventional class

The Californian-style multi-level home has sweeping harbour views, with a stunning mixture of luxurious, trendy touches and conventional class. 

The 680sqm property overlooks the spectacular Double Bay, with large image home windows opening out onto a sun-soaked terrace. 

A swimming pool space with cabana is ideal for the harbourside life-style. 

Different highlights embrace hovering ceilings, an opulent central courtyard, elevate, business wine cellar, large main bedroom and delightful, sculptured gardens. 

The kitchen has a lavish island bench with top-level, trendy home equipment. 

It has been an enormous transformation because of the Kerrys, who purchased the house for $11million in 2002.

Lynda labored alongside architect Andrew Barnyak on the spectacular $7million rebuild, only one in a collection of profitable house-flipping initiatives by the Kerrys, with many incomes them equally large quantities as this $30million-plus sale.

It is a huge step up for McLennan and spouse Lucinda.

There a 5 sizeable bedrooms within the property, which additionally has a swimming pool with a cabana

The ultra-modern kitchen encompasses a lavish island bench that juts onto a stately and grand central courtyard with hovering ceilings

The pair, who’ve two grownup kids, are shifting over the harbour from the gorgeous northern Sydney suburb of Lavender Bay, the place they had been dwelling in a sublime Eighties Victorian-style mansion bought for $7.4million in 2017.

It got here after they offered their home within the ultra-exclusive space of Mosman known as Magnificence Level for $6.9million.  

The outspoken Rugby Australia boss continues to interact in a really public disagreement with rugby league, and specifically its high-profile supremo, Peter V’landys.

Alongside Wallabies coach Eddie Jones, McLennan has made some extent of focusing on high NRL gamers who had been gifted union juniors, with the intention to coax them again to the 15-man code.

He efficiently nabbed Roosters prodigy Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii – who he not too long ago in comparison with NFL nice Tom Brady – on a monstrous three-year, $1.6million-a-season contract.

The Rugby Australia boss stays in a really public disagreement with the NRL, however did concede not too long ago that union had grow to be ‘too entitled’

The embattled sport stays beset by low crowds and requirements by Aussie groups in Tremendous Rugby Pacific, and the perfect gamers fleeing abroad to take the way more important {dollars} on supply.

Legends like Bernard Foley, who instructed Each day Mail Australia final 12 months RA had lengthy uncared for grassroots rugby and the native sport, have 

Simply previous to his $30 million home buy, McLennan admitted the game, which is nearly solely linked to the personal college system in relation to juniors, had grow to be ‘entitled’.

‘Rugby had grow to be too passive and entitled, and had taken the sport with no consideration, in my view,’ he instructed the Sydney Morning Herald earlier this month.