{"id":81174,"date":"2025-08-20T00:32:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T00:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/81174\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T00:32:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T00:32:23","slug":"dragons-say-elite-rugby-must-remain-in-gwent-in-current-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/81174\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragons say elite rugby must remain in Gwent in current form"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Dragons statement was released on behalf of owners David Wright, David Buttress and Hoyoung Huh.<\/p>\n

“When we took over the Dragons in 2023 our ambition was clear, we wanted to build a club that could thrive both on and off the field,” the statement read.<\/p>\n

“That commitment has not changed. With the incredible support of our staff, players, partners and above all our fans we are making progress. <\/p>\n

“We have established financial stability and we remain focused on driving forward on field performances.<\/p>\n

“In the coming weeks we will take part in the WRU consultation on the future of the game in Wales. <\/p>\n

“Our message will be simple and consistent – elite rugby must remain in Gwent and Dragons RFC has every reason to continue proudly in its current form.”<\/p>\n

Dragons were one of the five Welsh regional sides created in 2003 before it was taken over by the WRU in 2017 after the organisation had suffered financial difficulty.<\/p>\n

Dragons returned to private ownership<\/a> in June 2023 but have been in recent years the worst performing Welsh professional side.<\/p>\n

The statement continued: “Like all Welsh fans we also want to see a strong national side, this requires a robust and competitive regional set up.<\/p>\n

“We expect the WRU to listen carefully to all feedback during the consultation process and to reflect the views of every stakeholder when shaping its final proposals.<\/p>\n

“We have great fans, dedicated staff and players, and fantastic partners. As custodians of Dragons RFC, we’ll continue to represent the interests of our entire rugby community.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Dragons statement was released on behalf of owners David Wright, David Buttress and Hoyoung Huh. “When we…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-81174","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\/81174","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=81174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}