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National Rugby League COO JIM DOYLE "will quit his post" to take up the job of CEO at the New Zealand Warriors. Current Warriors CEO WAYNE SCURRAH "has announced he will leave the club at the end of the season." Doyle will remain COO of the NRL until the end of '14. Doyle, who was CEO of New Zealand Rugby League from '09-'12, "will have been working for the NRL for almost two years when he leaves" (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 6/3). ... The Int'l Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation has re-elected IVO FERRIANI president for a second four-year term (FIBT). ... Australian apparel brand 2XU appointed SCOTT TAYLOR as its U.S. president. Taylor spent 15 years at Nike as national apparel sales manager and general merchandise manager in the U.S. He spent eight years at Under Armour as director of key accounts, director of apparel merchandising and director of global brand marketing (Woods & Co.)

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