{"id":14436,"date":"2026-01-21T20:26:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=14436"},"modified":"2026-01-21T20:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:26:29","slug":"welsh-rugby-union-has-immense-disconnect-with-fans-say-mps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=14436","title":{"rendered":"Welsh Rugby Union has &#8216;immense disconnect&#8217; with fans, say MPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/cp3zddwdj8jo\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">The Union has now opted for a preferred bidder<\/a> to buy Cardiff, understood to be Ospreys owners Y11, which has added significantly to the uncertainty surrounding the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It has included Swansea council saying it would explore legal action, with leader Rob Stewart telling BBC Wales he is set to meet WRU officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve sought further conversations with them but haven&#8217;t had any,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Interestingly the threat of legal action by the council has seen the chief executive of the WRU and the Ospreys coming to see us, so we&#8217;re interested to hear what they&#8217;ll say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t take a legal genius to know that the process the WRU has followed has been one that hasn&#8217;t been as successfully managed as it could be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Stewart says the St Helen&#8217;s redevelopment was not at risk because of the Y11 proposals. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve been clear, the cabinet made a decision and it&#8217;s actually more than \u00a35m we&#8217;ve set aside to help redevelop the ground,&#8221; said Stewart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It is conditional on the Ospreys being one of the regions chosen to be permanent as part of the WRU&#8217;s new arrangements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A decision on which sides will remain is still to be officially made, with Tierney saying the WRU hoped to avoid a tender process for the three licences available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/cedwxqg71e1o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Union has now opted for a &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14437,"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\/14436"}],"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=14436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}