Intro:

Ewen McKenzie's speaks to the media after his shock resignation as coach of Australia's Rugby Union team leaves the Wallabies rudderless as they prepare for their European Tour.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English) Ewen McKenzie, Australian Rugby Union coach:

"Just to let you know that I resigned this morning at 10 o'clock. I wrote to Bill (Bill Pulver, Australian Rugby Union Chief Executive) and some of the board members and discussed, I guess, a lot of what's been going on over the last period of time. You know, I've been a very proud contributor to Australian rugby but I feel at this point in time there's a bunch of reasons that I've written, put in writing to Bill. And I had a discussion with him this morning and my intention was, win, lose or draw, that I was going to announce that resignation tonight. I've only just told the team, so I didn't actually advise the team or any of the staff before the game, so I've just done that."

SOUNDBITE (English) Ewen McKenzie, Australian Rugby Union coach:

"It's been a disappointing time, I think, for many reasons. I'm not even going to go into the detail, you guys can work it out. I've written to the board and I've been unhappy with a bunch of things, so the easiest thing for me to do is exit stage left and I'll leave you guys to ponder, speculate and I'll write a chapter in my book and then you'll know all about it. So, that's all I've got to say, you can take it up with Bill. Thank you."