The Welsh Rugby Union is exploring how Wales Women internationals can ply their club trade closer to home in future instead of all playing in England.
All 12 of Wales Women's new full-time professionals and nine semi-pros play in the Allianz Premier 15s, England's top women's rugby competition which is almost entirely made up of clubs affiliated to a men's Gallagher Premiership side.
The women's rugby pathway in Wales is missing a club tournament which provides the same level of competition and intensity to bridge the gap from grassroots rugby to international duty.
