Wales currently has two women’s sides, Brython Thunder and Gwalia Lightning, competing in the Celtic Challenge alongside clubs from Ireland and Scotland.<\/p>\n
But joining the most lucrative and competitive domestic league in Europe has long been an ambition, with 28 of Wales’ 38-strong Six Nations squad playing in the PWR.<\/p>\n
Leicester and Trailfinders are the most recent clubs to enter, when they joined Gloucester-Hartpury, Bristol, Sale, Exeter, Saracens, Harlequins and Loughborough three years ago.<\/p>\n
Wales head coach Sean Lynn, who won three consecutive titles with Gloucester-Hartpury, said he was keen for a Welsh team to be part of the competition.<\/p>\n
“From my personal experience, having worked within the PWR, I appreciate what the league has done for women’s rugby globally and its ability to attract the best players from around the world,” he said.<\/p>\n
“There has always been a significant Welsh player representation in the PWR and I know there has always been an appetite for Welsh teams to play in the league.”<\/p>\n
Should the WRU be successful in its bid, the team would likely be based in Cardiff, where the prospect of Anglo-Welsh competition could attract good crowds.<\/p>\n
The Union currently owns Cardiff Rugby, with the Arms Park already home to Wales women and its age-grade teams. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wales currently has two women’s sides, Brython Thunder and Gwalia Lightning, competing in the Celtic Challenge alongside clubs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-579022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}