| Cardiff Rugby on 07:33 - Apr 15 with 2304 views | Togg |
| Cardiff Rugby on 19:33 - Apr 14 by Whiterockin |
The Scarlets have started a law case against the WRU, that didn't go well. |
Nothings really changed has it. There's still no real transparency.
Could you expand on the Scarletts law case as have not read anything. So must have missed it. |  | |  |
| Cardiff Rugby on 08:28 - Apr 15 with 2276 views | Whiterockin |
| Cardiff Rugby on 07:33 - Apr 15 by Togg |
Nothings really changed has it. There's still no real transparency.
Could you expand on the Scarletts law case as have not read anything. So must have missed it. |
I could have worded the post better. The action has been in place a while, its regarding competition law and the WRU taking over Cardiff. |  | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 12:13 - Apr 22 with 2101 views | union_jack |
Y11 deal to buy Cardiff officially off but 4 into 3 still on the table. |  |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 13:17 - Apr 22 with 2063 views | raynor94 |
| Cardiff Rugby on 12:13 - Apr 22 by union_jack |
Y11 deal to buy Cardiff officially off but 4 into 3 still on the table. |
Rob Stewart is saying a deal for 4 regions in place till 2030 is being agreed🤔 |  |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 13:31 - Apr 22 with 2056 views | Togg |
That's good news. However you can see why the Ospreys and Scarlets were reluctant to sign the last deal. The WRU who should represent the whole of Welsh Rugby will bend over backwards for the Capital. Still don't trust them and if one of the other regions find themselves in financial difficulty they will not get the same sort of generosity. | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 17:00 - Jul 29 with 1556 views | raynor94 |
WRU have now said it's Cardiff and Newport and Scarlets and Ospreys to fight it out for the third region.
The WRU really have ruined Welsh rugby sadly I think this will be the end of professional rugby in Swansea | |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 18:06 - Jul 29 with 1502 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
| Cardiff Rugby on 17:00 - Jul 29 by raynor94 |
WRU have now said it's Cardiff and Newport and Scarlets and Ospreys to fight it out for the third region.
The WRU really have ruined Welsh rugby sadly I think this will be the end of professional rugby in Swansea |
It's been the plan all along despite the rhetoric. |  |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 18:26 - Jul 29 with 1486 views | union_jack |
There is only one region in that list that deserves to go and it’s no either of the two this side of Wales. How one of Scarlets or Ospreys must go yet Dragons carry on is beyond me. | |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 19:01 - Jul 29 with 1457 views | Boundy |
| Cardiff Rugby on 18:26 - Jul 29 by union_jack |
There is only one region in that list that deserves to go and it’s no either of the two this side of Wales. How one of Scarlets or Ospreys must go yet Dragons carry on is beyond me. |
How sickening when on the Welsh news today a few minutes bigging up the development of St Helens with an interview with Roger Blyth . People in my social circle can't understand my dislike of anything cardiff but like many other other examples of how we in the west are treated by the cardiff centric . | |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 19:05 - Jul 29 with 1442 views | Boundy |
| Cardiff Rugby on 18:06 - Jul 29 by JACKMANANDBOY |
It's been the plan all along despite the rhetoric. |
The Leader of Swansea Council has called for the WRU’s Chief Executive to quit after the Union offered two of the three professional rugby licenses to Cardiff and Newport.
The plans are part of the WRU’s intention to reduce the four Welsh regional teams to three, and it means the remaining license in the West is unresolved with the Ospreys and Scarlets facing an uncertain future.
The WRU bombshell comes as a leaked recording has emerged of WRU Chief Executive, Abi Tierney, telling journalists in a private briefing back in April this year that she favours a merger between the Ospreys and Scarlets.
Rob Stewart, Swansea Council Leader, said rugby players and supporters in West Wales had been betrayed by the WRU.
“I cannot see how Abi Tierney can continue as CEO of the WRU following the release of the recording.
"The WRU has strung everyone along claiming this would be a fair and transparent process, while all the time they’ve been plotting behind the scenes.
“The WRU has now announced without any consultation or publishing any supporting evidence, that Cardiff and Newport will be offered two of the three licenses.
“That means rugby players and supporters in the West and beyond have been betrayed and misled by the WRU.
“We were given assurances by the WRU during our on-going legal case that this would be a fair and transparent process, which is why we agreed to pause our legal case.
“How can anyone call this a fair and open process when two of the licenses have been decided behind closed doors, while players and supporters at the Ospreys and Scarlets are now facing an uncertain future.”
Cllr Stewart accused the WRU of re-drawing the map of Wales in order to suit its preference for retaining Cardiff regardless of the cost.
“The WRU have arbitrarily carved up the rugby map of Wales to suit their own biased view, knowing they wanted to sell Cardiff to Y11 at the time and it would lead them to the result they wanted, with complete disregard for the impact this would have on our region.
“Geographically, Newport and Cardiff are both in the East and they could merge to create a new East team, with the Ospreys in the South and Scarlets in the West.
“But the fact is the WRU is hellbent on protecting Cardiff and has devised this illogical regional map with that in mind, rather than what’s best for Welsh rugby.”
In the leaked recording, Ms Tierney reveals she’s been trying to hold discussions about a merger between the Ospreys and Scarlets.
She states, “I would have loved that, you know Scarlets – off the record – and Ospreys said let’s do a merger, you know they’ve talked about it time and time again. I can’t make people do something that they don’t want to do, so it makes, that makes it hard.”
She later adds, “I’m not giving up on a consensus, but it’s very hard when you have people that have invested into those clubs, you know, over many, many years, many millions of pounds, who um, you know, don’t want to compromise on that.”
When asked by a journalist about whether a merged West team would need a new stadium, she replies, “I think Parc y Scarlets is one of the best venues in the URC and PRL, so I wouldn’t and I think St Helen’s is such an iconic location.
“It’s not beyond the wit of us to go how do you level you know, one would be an amazing venue for games in the summer, the other would be a great venue for wetter winter games and you crack on.
“I think people, you know, will follow their teams, you know, I kind of, you know people will drive to see where they want to.”
Cllr Stewart said Abi Tierney's comments in the leaked recording reinforced his concerns that decisions had been taken behind closed doors.
“The recording demonstrates the WRU Chief Executive has been following one route publicly and other privately. How can anyone have faith in the current leadership of the WRU - or that they will speak truthfully and transparently.
“Abi Tierney expresses a clear preference for a merger between the Ospreys and Scarlets rather than approaching all options with an open mind.
"Taken together, these developments show that key decisions have already been made behind closed doors, with only the mechanism for delivering them still under discussion.
"Supporters, players and communities across Wales deserve confidence that decisions affecting the future of professional rugby are being made fairly, transparently and on the basis of evidence - not through a process where outcomes have effectively been determined in advance."
The issue forms a central part of Swansea Council’s ongoing legal challenge, which argues that the prospect of a single professional licence in West Wales has not been adequately justified and that key questions remain unanswered.
The council’s lawyers have written to the WRU as the stay in legal proceedings is due to end this week, with the WRU Defence due in two weeks. | |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 19:59 - Jul 29 with 1393 views | max936 |
| Cardiff Rugby on 19:01 - Jul 29 by Boundy |
How sickening when on the Welsh news today a few minutes bigging up the development of St Helens with an interview with Roger Blyth . People in my social circle can't understand my dislike of anything cardiff but like many other other examples of how we in the west are treated by the cardiff centric . |
They want to concentrate everything in Cardiff, they're not interested in anything else, nowhere else exists in their deluded minds.
I think the Scarlets will win this argument sadly, the WRU are rotten to the core. |  | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 20:14 - Jul 29 with 1378 views | Whiterockin |
| Cardiff Rugby on 19:59 - Jul 29 by max936 |
They want to concentrate everything in Cardiff, they're not interested in anything else, nowhere else exists in their deluded minds.
I think the Scarlets will win this argument sadly, the WRU are rotten to the core. |
In three years it will be cut to two with those two going into the newly proposed UK league. Why not leave it at four and cut it then. One in the East and one in the West. | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 20:24 - Jul 29 with 1372 views | max936 |
| Cardiff Rugby on 20:14 - Jul 29 by Whiterockin |
In three years it will be cut to two with those two going into the newly proposed UK league. Why not leave it at four and cut it then. One in the East and one in the West. |
Which two, Cardiff and Newport ? | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 22:01 - Jul 29 with 1316 views | Boundy |
| Cardiff Rugby on 19:59 - Jul 29 by max936 |
They want to concentrate everything in Cardiff, they're not interested in anything else, nowhere else exists in their deluded minds.
I think the Scarlets will win this argument sadly, the WRU are rotten to the core. |
https://www.wru.wales/2026/07/ | |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 22:55 - Jul 29 with 1285 views | onehunglow |
Fork Cardiff Fork Wales | |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 09:15 - Jul 30 with 1219 views | sons_of_omri |
| Cardiff Rugby on 19:59 - Jul 29 by max936 |
They want to concentrate everything in Cardiff, they're not interested in anything else, nowhere else exists in their deluded minds.
I think the Scarlets will win this argument sadly, the WRU are rotten to the core. |
They took the cricket away from St Helens and they want to take rugby away from Swansea too. Both these scenarios are being orchestrated within Cardiffs council and business leaders to cripple Swansea and kill off their greatest competitor. Llanelli will obviously gleefully go along with it as anything they can get one over on Swansea especially the Ospreys is suiting them just fine. They are called Turks for a reason and that reason is they’ll knife anyone when their back is turned. Republic of Swansea ? Let’s do it! I have nothing but contempt for the “Wales/Cardiff” project and am waiting for it to fall apart. British only from now on. | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 09:23 - Jul 30 with 1207 views | JJBomber |
| Cardiff Rugby on 20:24 - Jul 29 by max936 |
Which two, Cardiff and Newport ? |
It's the WRU, so Cardiff North and Cardiff South at a guess! | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 09:54 - Jul 30 with 1187 views | Whiterockin |
| Cardiff Rugby on 09:15 - Jul 30 by sons_of_omri |
They took the cricket away from St Helens and they want to take rugby away from Swansea too. Both these scenarios are being orchestrated within Cardiffs council and business leaders to cripple Swansea and kill off their greatest competitor. Llanelli will obviously gleefully go along with it as anything they can get one over on Swansea especially the Ospreys is suiting them just fine. They are called Turks for a reason and that reason is they’ll knife anyone when their back is turned. Republic of Swansea ? Let’s do it! I have nothing but contempt for the “Wales/Cardiff” project and am waiting for it to fall apart. British only from now on. |
The Ospreys need to apply for the RFU Championship and make plans in that direction. Swansea RFU play in Super Rygbi Cymru so that league shouldn't be an option for the WRU. Go English system and work your way up, you will pass Newport and Cardiff going the other way. Go the same way as football and stick two fingers up to the WRU. | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 10:18 - Jul 30 with 1167 views | onehunglow |
| Cardiff Rugby on 09:54 - Jul 30 by Whiterockin |
The Ospreys need to apply for the RFU Championship and make plans in that direction. Swansea RFU play in Super Rygbi Cymru so that league shouldn't be an option for the WRU. Go English system and work your way up, you will pass Newport and Cardiff going the other way. Go the same way as football and stick two fingers up to the WRU. |
Absolutely
Ospreys would see full houses , for a start, for Gallagher league games
Wales is still clearly divided | |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 10:57 - Jul 30 with 1145 views | union_jack |
| Cardiff Rugby on 09:54 - Jul 30 by Whiterockin |
The Ospreys need to apply for the RFU Championship and make plans in that direction. Swansea RFU play in Super Rygbi Cymru so that league shouldn't be an option for the WRU. Go English system and work your way up, you will pass Newport and Cardiff going the other way. Go the same way as football and stick two fingers up to the WRU. |
This is exactly what we should do. Whether it’s possible I genuinely don’t know but it’s a route that needs to be explored thoroughly. I’d love it if it happened because the Ospreys would be far better off and far better supported I’m certain. | |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 11:37 - Jul 30 with 1114 views | onehunglow |
| Cardiff Rugby on 10:57 - Jul 30 by union_jack |
This is exactly what we should do. Whether it’s possible I genuinely don’t know but it’s a route that needs to be explored thoroughly. I’d love it if it happened because the Ospreys would be far better off and far better supported I’m certain. |
Ospreys v Leicester
Ospreys v Bath
Ospreys v Bristol
I mean ,come on
It’s whether they would have us
A no brainier
It’s basically time to stand up and fight | |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 11:59 - Jul 30 with 1109 views | Whiterockin |
| Cardiff Rugby on 11:37 - Jul 30 by onehunglow |
Ospreys v Leicester
Ospreys v Bath
Ospreys v Bristol
I mean ,come on
It’s whether they would have us
A no brainier
It’s basically time to stand up and fight |
We wouldn't be allowed into the Premiership, we would have to work our way up through Elior Champ Rugby. | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 11:59 - Jul 30 with 1107 views | Landore_Jack |
| Cardiff Rugby on 09:54 - Jul 30 by Whiterockin |
The Ospreys need to apply for the RFU Championship and make plans in that direction. Swansea RFU play in Super Rygbi Cymru so that league shouldn't be an option for the WRU. Go English system and work your way up, you will pass Newport and Cardiff going the other way. Go the same way as football and stick two fingers up to the WRU. |
If the Ospreys decide to join the RFU because they are the team to be cut, where will that funding come from? It won't be from the WRU. |  |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 12:36 - Jul 30 with 1088 views | Whiterockin |
| Cardiff Rugby on 11:59 - Jul 30 by Landore_Jack |
If the Ospreys decide to join the RFU because they are the team to be cut, where will that funding come from? It won't be from the WRU. |
It would depend if their ownership had ambition to progress through the English system. In the short term it would be hard, but long term the revenue benifits could be immense. There is talk of a more progressive Premiership league backed by Sky in two years time. | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 15:05 - Jul 30 with 1043 views | onehunglow |
| Cardiff Rugby on 11:59 - Jul 30 by Whiterockin |
We wouldn't be allowed into the Premiership, we would have to work our way up through Elior Champ Rugby. |
Couldn’t we be fast tracked | |
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