Welsh rugby’s power brokers are 80 percent of the way to firming up what the future of the game here looks like, according to Ospreys chief executive Nick Garcia.
The Professional Rugby Board – on which Garcia sits with representatives from the other regions, the WRU and independents – is tasked with running the elite game in Wales and they’ve been locked in lengthy discussions over a long-term plan that would provide a level of stability and financial certainty that has been lacking in recent times.
Talks have been going on for months now and, in that time, Wales flopped in the Six Nations and the four regions all finished in the bottom half of the United Rugby Championship. Those involved in the discussions have given nothing away and the information vacuum has paved the way for proposals to scrap one of the regions being leaked, though they were eventually shot down.
