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Welsh Rugby Union

January 2024

  • JPR Williams: a rugby union great who changed full-back role – video obituary

    Welsh rugby has lost a legend following the death of JPR Williams at the age of 74 after a short illness

December 2023

  • Andy Bull

    Diverse player list makes scale of damage clear in lawsuit against World Rugby

    Andy Bull
  • Phil Vickery

    Phil Vickery and Gavin Henson among rugby players in brain injury legal claim

November 2023

  • The Welsh Rugby Union

    WRU’s ‘toxic’ culture of discrimination lambasted by independent panel

    Welsh rugby’s governing body apologises after accepting panel’s findings of bullying and discrimination

August 2023

  • Abi Tierney (centre) with interim chief executive Nigel Walker (left) and WRU chair Richard Collier-Keywood (right).

    Abi Tierney named first female head of WRU after ‘toxic culture’ allegations

    Abi Tierney appointed WRU chief executive seven months after resignation of Steve Phillips amid allegations of a ‘toxic culture’ at the organisation

February 2023

  • Wales players after their Six Nations defeat to England.

    Sportblog
    Wales in crisis: regions the bane of a rugby nation facing the abyss

  • Warren Gatland, the Wales head coach

    Gatland hopeful of avoiding strike but Wales v England game hangs in balance

  • Jonathan Liew

    Sportblog
    Strike threats and Netflix feuds: Wales’s rugby crisis exposes greater problem

    Jonathan Liew
  • Warren Gatland at Murrayfield as Wales warm up for their Six Nations game with Scotland

    Warren Gatland urges Welsh rugby to change now and end strike standoff

  • Gatland would not support Wales players if they strike for England fixture

  • WRU says ‘no room for manoeuvre’ on contracts despite player’s strike threat

  • Bye, bye, bye Delilah: Wales rugby choirs banned from singing Tom Jones hit

January 2023

  • Gareth Edwards with the ball during the Barbarians v the All Blacks game at Cardiff Arms Park, 1973.

    The Guardian view on rugby union: a sport rich in drama is at a crossroads

    Editorial: Many of its current travails are the result of issues left unresolved 30 years ago
  • Nigel Walker, the acting chief executive of the WRU,

    ‘Future of Welsh rugby is in danger’: Walker promises change at WRU

    The acting Welsh Rugby Union chief executive, Nigel Walker, has warned the future of the game in Wales is at stake over the allegations of misogyny, sexism, racism and homophobia
    • Steve Phillips resigns as WRU chief executive amid toxic culture allegations

    • Sponsor demands WRU takes ‘decisive action’ over sexism allegations

    • WRU facing allegations of sexism and discrimination in BBC investigation

December 2022

  • Warren Gatland pictured with the Lions in 2021

    Warren Gatland returns to Wales as head coach with Wayne Pivac sacked

    Warren Gatland has returned to Wales as head coach after the WRU parted company with Wayne Pivac

September 2022

  • Eddie Butler pictured in 2019.

    Eddie Butler, former Wales rugby union captain and journalist, dies aged 65

    The former Wales rugby union captain and legendary broadcaster Eddie Butler has died at the age of 65
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