O'Neill on the mend
Recovering ARU boss John O'Neill should be back at work immediately after Christmas.
O'Neill was forced to have surgery on his neck to remedy disc degeneration soon after his return from the Rugby World Cup in October.
His lay-off has meant he missed chairing the job interviews of prospective Wallabies coaches last month and didn't attend last week's IRB rugby forum in the UK.
"His recovery is progressing very well, his doctors are very pleased," ARU deputy CEO Matt Carroll told AAP today.
"We've kept him appraised of any important issues coming up in the next few weeks and he'll be back full-time in the office after Christmas.
"It's some degeneration of a couple of discs which was quite painful and one of those things you have to operate on.
"It's been very successful and he'll be back to full strength after Christmas."
O'Neill, 56, returned to the chief executive's chair at the ARU in June.
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