Unequal Funding for Welsh Regions After Ospreys and Scarlets Miss WRU Deadline

Funding split for Welsh regions after missed deadline

Wales' four professional regions will not be evenly funded after the country's rugby union (WRU) said on Sunday that Ospreys and Scarlets did not sign the new Professional Rugby Agreement before the deadline.

The Welsh Rugby Federation has announced the end of its current model, in which it equally funds the four Welsh Premiership clubs, after the Ospreys and Scarlets refused to sign its own model.

Unequal funding for Welsh regions after Ospreys and Scarlets miss WRU deadline

Wales' four professional regions will not be evenly funded after the country's rugby union (WRU) said on Sunday that Ospreys and Scarlets did not sign the new Professional Rugby Agreement before the deadline.The WRU said Dragons and Cardiff signed up to the terms of a new agreement which had been under negoti

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Joint Statement from Ospreys and Scarlets

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More turmoil in Welsh rugby as union says it won't give all four regions equal funding

Ospreys and Scarlets have not signed on to the WRU’s new Professional Rugby Agreement.