CARDIFF, Wales — Warren Gatland stays as the Wales coach for the 2025 Six Nations following a review into his team’s failure to win a rugby test all year. WRU chief executive Abi Tierney considered “wholesale immediate change” in her review but decided that challenging Gatland to “change Wales’ fortunes on the pitch was the best approach at this time,” …
The WRU, which posted a turnover of £100 million for the year ending June 2023, announced new deals for 37 players in September worth £24,000 to £30,000 which made the players “one of the best-paid international women’s teams in the world game” despite not meeting almost all of their proposals. In a statement, Tierney said: “In September this year the …
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A damning report published by the Welsh government has found that “little would have changed” within its rugby governing body had allegations of sexism and misogyny not been made public, after it emerged that three staff members had been disciplined on similar grounds. The Senedd committee that compiled the report, following accusations within the Welsh Rugby Union that came to …