Steve Phillips has announced he has resigned as Welsh Rugby Union chief executive with immediate effect.
He will be temporarily replaced in the role by former Wales winger and current WRU Head of Performance Nigel Walker, who takes over as acting CEO while the hunt for a permanent appointment is conducted.
Phillips and the WRU made the announcement early on Sunday morning at the end of a traumatic week following a groundswell of outrage over 'toxic' allegations directed at the union in a damning BBC documentary on Monday.
