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A group of Welsh players will get the chance to ask questions of bosses around what is going on with the future of the game
A group of Welsh rugby players will attend next week’s PRB meeting(Image: Getty Images)
Welsh rugby players have been invited to attend a key meeting of the Professional Rugby Board next week.
Welsh rugby is engulfed in chaos with the Welsh Rugby Union attempting to reduce the number of professional teams from four to three, while they are also in the process of selling Cardiff Rugby.
As it stands, there is no end in sight with an extraordinary general meeting of the WRU to table a vote of no confidence in WRU chair Richard Collier-Keywood and PRB chair Malcolm Wall, a very real possibility.
All the uncertainty is having a significant negative effect on the players, with the likes of senior Wales players Jac Morgan, Dewi Lake and Aaron Wainwright having already signed for club’s in England, while others are fearing for their livelihoods.
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As a result the WRPA executive committee has been invited to attend part of a PRB meeting next Wednesday.
The executive committee includes two player representatives from Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets along with CEO Gareth Lewis and head of operations Natasha Morgan.
Scarlets captain Josh Macleod is the chair with Ryan Elias the other representative from the Llanelli based club.
Representing Cardiff are second-row Josh McNally and Teddy Williams, the Dragons will have Jared Rosser and Matthew Screech there, while James Ratti and Ben Warren are the two Ospreys representatives.
The PRB – which is a sub-board of the WRU – are expected to update the WRPA executive on the off-field situation, while also taking any questions.
Top of the agenda will be how exactly the WRU intends to reduce to three teams and which club will disappear.
Contracts will also inevitably be discussed with the WRU having previously vowed to honour any existing contracts, while they are also guaranteeing some new deals.
It would also be a surprise if the future of the 25-cap law was not discussed.
With the Six Nations around the corner players will want some answers on what the future structure of Welsh rugby will look like.
