If you’re a Welsh rugby fan (and I am), or even if you’re a casual observer of all things Welsh rugby, you’ll know that, despite the national side being on a record-breaking run of wins and just two victories away from a Grand Slam, things are not well in the Welsh game. Specifically, things are…
It was announced today that Roger Lewis, the WRU Group Chief Executive, will leave his post in October. Lewis, who has held Welsh rugby’s top job since 2006 said of his resignation, “The time is now right for me to step down after a remarkable period at the helm of the Welsh Rugby Union. It…
These are dangerous days for the men at the top of the Welsh Rugby Union. Yes, Roger Lewis (Group Chief Executive) and David Pickering (Chairman of the WRU Board) are well and truly under the cosh at present as they fight a battle on two fronts. On the one side they know time is running…
News broke this afternoon that Wales Captain Sam Warburton has signed the very first central contract in Welsh professional rugby. The ‘WRU National Contract’ is reported to last until the 2017 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand. Warburton remains contracted to the Cardiff Blues until the end of this season and WRU Chief…
Someone once said that sport is drama. If that’s true then, at the moment, Welsh rugby is a soap opera. Yes, the nation’s least favourite spat (between the Welsh Rugby Union and the four Welsh regions) has crawled into another week and it’s becoming increasingly dull, dull, dull. To be honest, the whole thing lost…
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