Barbarians fixture conflict with regional derby improper admits WRU boss Nigel Walker

Wales will play Barbarians for the primary time in 4 years on November 4 Welsh Rugby Union interim chief Nigel Walker has admitted it was a mistake to permit Wales’ match towards Barbarians to conflict with a regional derby. Warren Gatland’s aspect tackle the well-known invitation membership on 4 November at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. The … Read more

Welsh rugby disaster: Cardiff followers accuse WRU of ‘devaluing’ all 4 areas

Cardiff rugby supporters have written to new WRU chair Richard Collier-Keywood Rugby followers have accused the Welsh Rugby Union of undermining the 4 areas with its money-making stadium plans. The WRU is in talks over internet hosting a Wales v Barbarians match in November and Bristol v Gloucester in December on the Principality Stadium. Nevertheless … Read more

Dragons return to personal possession from WRU management as takeover goes by means of

Dragons are to return to personal possession after a takeover deal for the Newport-based regional group was agreed. They had been the one area to be owned by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). Nevertheless, forward of of Friday’s deadline a heads of phrases settlement has been reached with a consortium led by chairman David Buttress. … Read more

WRU finalises shortlist for brand spanking new unbiased chair

WRU individuals director Lydia Stirling is overseeing the candidate seek for new unbiased non-executive administrators Interviews for a brand new unbiased chair are set to start out after the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) finalised a shortlist of candidates. The function is a part of a serious overhaul of the WRU’s governance voted by means of … Read more

WRU goals to spice up ladies’s and women’ rugby through three new bases

Wales head coach Ioan Cunningham and gamers Hannah Jones and Ffion Lewis returned to their former faculty Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford to announce the Wales Ladies’s squad for the 2023 Ladies’s Six Nations The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) will try to spice up the ladies’s recreation with new growth centres round Wales. Primarily based … Read more

Nigel Walker: Skilled sides may have gone bust with out deal says WRU boss

We can’t blame gamers in the event that they go away Wales – WRU chief Nigel Walker One or two of Wales’ skilled sides would have gone bust if a brand new monetary deal had not been agreed, says Welsh Rugby Union appearing chief government Nigel Walker. However Walker admitted the subsequent couple of seasons … Read more

Lengthy-term Welsh rugby deal to be signed in ‘matter of days’ says WRU chief Nigel Walker

Nigel Walker was a Wales and Nice Britain 110m hurdler earlier than switching to rugby and taking part in wing for Cardiff and Wales Performing Welsh Rugby Union chief govt Nigel Walker says a proper deal to safe the long-term future {of professional} rugby in Wales will probably be signed in a “matter of days”. … Read more

Welsh rugby: Former gamers criticise WRU over contract ‘shambles’

Former Wales participant Andrew Coombs has accused the Welsh Rugby Union of delaying techniques Former Wales worldwide Andrew Coombs has slammed the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) for “letting down” gamers over the contract shambles. As many as 70 gamers are out of contract this season with nonetheless no thought whether or not they have a … Read more

WRU declares plans to modernise board with 5 feminine representatives

WRU chair Ieuan Evans and appearing CEO Nigel Walker had been Welsh worldwide team-mates The Welsh Rugby Union [WRU] has introduced drastic plans to modernise its 12-strong board to incorporate not less than 5 ladies after dealing with accusations of sexism and misogyny. The proposals, which embody introducing an unbiased chair, will probably be determined … Read more

Welsh Rugby Union: Cardiff director Hayley Parsons requires WRU board and chief government to depart

Hayley Parsons based value comparability web site Gocompare.com in 2006 All 4 areas have backed calls by a Cardiff director for Welsh Rugby Union chief government Steve Phillips and the board to depart. BBC Wales understands the e-mail from Hayley Parsons has been despatched to WRU chairman Ieuan Evans. The message was additionally circulated to … Read more