The two other clubs in the Scarlets region have delivered their verdicts on Llanelli RFC’s decision to withdraw from next term’s Principality Premiership.
Llanelli say they have made the call on the basis of potential fixture overload coupled with pressures on player availability during the World Cup and what they call once-in-a-generation cost pressures.
They plan to play games outside the Premiership calendar as a development team in 2023-24 and also contend withdrawal from the competition for next term “should not in its view preclude Llanelli RFC from being part of any proposed new development competition in 2024/25, which could come under the remit of Welsh Rugby’s Pro Rugby Board (PRB) and Rugby Management Board (RMB) to underpin the professional game”.
