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Welsh Rugby Union to Cut One Regional Side by 2028
The Welsh Rugby Union aims to improve financial and operational efficiency by consolidating four men’s professional rugby clubs into three by 2028.
- On Friday, the Welsh Rugby Union announced its intention to reduce men's professional rugby clubs from four to three, with one in the east, Cardiff, and the west.
- Amid the WRU proposal, Scarlets argued reform supports talent pathways and highlighted their elite performance, cultural, and community impact in West Wales, citing over 40,000 engaged annually.
- Ospreys and Scarlets responded on Friday, both signalling their intention to engage with WRU representatives Malcolm Wall and Dave Reddin to find a solution.
- Week commencing November 3, the WRU will meet Scarlets executives to discuss financial and operational modelling, while clubs prioritise wellbeing ahead of the Hollywoodbets Sharks match in Durban.
- With two western clubs, Ospreys and Scarlets, face a contest despite WRU chair Richard Collier-Keywood denying clubs are pitted against each other, while Parc y Scarlets bolsters Scarlets' case.
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In a press conference at the Principality Stadium on Friday afternoon, the Welsh Rugby Union outlined its plan to cut the number of professional men’s sides in Wales from four to three. The Union intends to move to three teams by 2028 at the latest. The four current regions —Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys, and Scarlets — will remain in the short term, but in the not-too-distant future, there will be one team in the west, one in the east, and one in …
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