{"id":238069,"date":"2025-10-24T17:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/238069\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T17:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:27:08","slug":"welsh-rugby-bosses-to-scrap-one-region-by-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/238069\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh rugby bosses to scrap one region by 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans should be worriedpublished at 17:57 BST<\/p>\n

17:57 BST<\/p>\n

\"\"Gareth Rhys Owen
BBC Radio Wales commentator<\/p>\n

Let’s not beat about the bush. I think one of those
\nsides will not exist in a year or two. <\/p>\n

Ospreys or Scarlets? Ospreys or
\nScarlets…<\/p>\n

Now, they may exist as the Ospreyian Scarlets, or they may be a team
\nthat shares an identity between Swansea and Llanelli.<\/p>\n

I think, ideally, the Welsh Rugby Union want to see a
\nmerger. And at this point in time, they are common enemies, and they
\nhave a kind friendship between them. <\/p>\n

But they will start finger pointing and
\nlooking at each other. They both have their strengths. <\/p>\n

I think Ospreys
\nrepresents Swansea, a larger population. It’s a large city. It has much
\nsuccess. It’s probably the most successful Welsh region over the past 20 years. It does not have the heritage of the Scarlets. It does not have the stadium of
\nthe Scarlets, although the Scarlets themselves do not own it. It’s owned by
\nCarmarthenshire Council.<\/p>\n

So, right now, it’s valid to think that if you are a
\nsupporter of either of those regions, you should be worried.<\/p>\n

And also, the
\nplans for Swansea Council to redevelop St Helens, that is thrown completely up
\nin the air, because would they want to pump any more money into it, knowing
\nthat there’s uncertainty about the team’s future? <\/p>\n

It’s greyer than it was this
\nmorning, although we do have some clarity about there being one team being cut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans should be worriedpublished at 17:57 BST 17:57 BST Gareth Rhys OwenBBC Radio Wales commentator Let’s not beat…\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-238069","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\/238069","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=238069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238069\/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=238069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}