Welsh Rugby Union confirms Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on ...

The Welsh Rugby Union have confirmed they will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting of the governing body at the Princess Royal Theatre in Port Talbot on Sunday, June 15.

The meeting comes after the union’s former chief executive David Moffett won enough support to force the governing body into holding the event.

At a meeting held at the Holiday Inn in Cardiff earlier this month, Moffett revealed he had the support of 43 clubs across Wales.

All of the governing body’s member clubs will be invited to attend the event, and send delegates to vote on their behalf.

A WRU statement read: “The WRU welcomes the opportunity to engage with clubs on a variety of issues and will seek to answer any questions posed by delegates at the meeting.

“The WRU also wishes to stress to its Member Clubs the importance of voting, either in person at the EGM or using the proxy form they have received.”

As part of the voting process, each club has two votes with two ways to submit those votes. Firstly, by attending the EGM in person and secondly, by submitting votes via proxy using one of the official forms.

The proxy forms provide the opportunity to appoint WRU president Dennis Gethin to cast their votes on their behalf.

The WRU statement continued: “Whilst proxy votes can be submitted, the WRU is appealing for as many Member Clubs as possible to attend the EGM in order to ensure they are fully versed in all of the relevant arguments when they vote, and to also ensure that the minimum requirement of attendance is met.

“If attendance at the EGM should fall short of what is required, it is important to note that, constitutionally, no conclusion can be reached at the meeting and another costly meeting must be held the following week.”

WRU chief executive Roger Lewis added: “It is vitally important to the future of rugby in Wales that those Member Clubs available to attend do so or, for those that can’t be there in person, votes are cast using the proxy forms which have been made widely available.”

“We know that those 43 Member Clubs who called for the meeting will be keen to debate the relevant issues, but we need to ensure that all clubs enter the discussion by either attending or submitting their vote via a proxy form.”

Welsh Rugby Union chairman David Pickering said: “We would like to encourage any clubs who are undecided to pass their votes to the WRU President Dennis Gethin using the proxy voting forms and would reiterate, to clubs voting by proxy, that it is important to read the forms carefully and be sure they are placing their vote in the right place.”

WRU Members Clubs have until 11am on Friday, June 13 to return their proxy form, which will be collated and verified ahead of the meeting the following Sunday.

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Welsh Rugby Union confirms Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on ...