{"id":237777,"date":"2025-10-24T14:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/237777\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T14:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:44:10","slug":"welsh-rugby-bosses-plan-to-scrap-one-region-by-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/237777\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh rugby bosses plan to scrap one region by 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transformative for the women&#8217;s gamepublished at 15:36 BST<\/p>\n<p>15:36 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/371d064e-d200-4648-bfc1-e56fc8b38229.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Ceri Coleman-Phillips<br \/>BBC Sport Wales rugby reporter<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sean Lynn gives a Wales team talk at the World Cup\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/d4baf1ac-7800-4d94-baad-68faa11b99d6.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"3900\" height=\"2382\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Huw Evans Picture AgencyImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sean Lynn took over as Wales head coach in March<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As I mentioned earlier, the women&#8217;s game could be one of the main beneficiaries from today&#8217;s announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The WRU says it will fund two elite women&#8217;s teams, and as well as having a women&#8217;s national academy, there will be three women&#8217;s Player Development Centres (PDCs).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Gwalia Lightning and Brython Thunder will also have more money thrown at them to compete in the Celtic Challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This will be music to the ears of Wales&#8217; head coach Sean Lynn, who not only wants to find the next generation of Welsh talent but have them playing a high standard of rugby right here in Wales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Amanda Bennett, chair of the women\u2019s rugby committee, said it was a &#8220;transformative moment for women\u2019s rugby in Wales&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The WRU\u2019s<br \/>\ncommitment to funding and infrastructure will help us attract and retain top<br \/>\ntalent and build a competitive domestic structure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We all saw the amazing<br \/>\nsuccess of the Women\u2019s World Cup tournament this year. This is an area for<br \/>\ngrowth in the sport both globally and in Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Transformative for the women&#8217;s gamepublished at 15:36 BST 15:36 BST Ceri Coleman-PhillipsBBC Sport Wales rugby reporter Image source,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-237777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}