Wales rugby crisis deepens as chief executive of Regional Rugby Wales quits ...

The regions have also called for a public inquiry into the proposed commercial

revenues between the unions and regions, amid fears that the new ERC-run

tournament next season would leave them as the financially worst off clubs

in Europe.

They issued a joint statement on Sunday night claiming that the Scottish clubs

playing in European competitions would receive £2.45million per team

compared to £1.225million per Welsh region.

“With the English clubs being able to negotiate TV revenues of £22million from

their domestic league, why are the unions only able to achieve revenue of

£5.5million for primary TV rights for the RaboDirect Pro12 league?” the

statement said.

Dan Biggar, the Wales fly-half, admitted that the players were “worried” and

“concerned” about the future of the Welsh game.

His national team-mate Richard Hibbard, who became the latest player to

confirm he would be playing outside Wales by joining Gloucester next season,

also complained about the lack of funding in Welsh rugby.

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Wales rugby crisis deepens as chief executive of Regional Rugby Wales quits ...