World-renowned businessman Henry Engelhardt has warned the Welsh Rugby Union faces significant financial and reputational damage if its proposed governance changes aren't voted through at an extraordinary general meeting this Sunday.
Welsh rugby is close to rock bottom at the moment and in response the WRU has put forward a series of governance changes which it hopes will save the game from oblivion.
These proposals include an increase in the number of highly skilled independently-appointed people on the WRU board from three to six, and a reduction in the number of elected national or district members from eight to four. The WRU also wants to appoint an independent chair and increase the number of women on the board from one to at least five.
