{"id":10213,"date":"2026-01-07T16:05:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=10213"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:05:46","slug":"mps-to-quiz-welsh-rugby-bosses-over-plans-to-cut-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=10213","title":{"rendered":"MPs to quiz Welsh rugby bosses over plans to cut region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The WRU body announced three licences would be granted &#8211; one to a team in Cardiff, one in the west and one in the east.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Negotiations have continued with Ospreys, Scarlets, Cardiff and Dragons but nothing was resolved on this issue before the end of 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If an agreement cannot be reached this month, a six-month tender process could open to determine which clubs remain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The governing body is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/c98p1m93vppo\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">facing a call<\/a> for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) from some grassroot clubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One of the proposed motions is a vote of no confidence in Collier-Keywood and Malcolm Wall, chair of the Professional Rugby Board (PRB).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/c1evzqwg17xo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WRU body announced three l&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[251],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}