"WRU needs to outline regions' role" - Dragons boss Martyn Hazell

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'Newport Gwent Dragons chairman Martyn Hazell has called for the Welsh Rugby Union to outline the regions' role.

"The European game is all about money," said Hazell.

"The Welsh regions haven't got any money, we have a wage cap of £3.5m and some of these other people don't have a wage cap at all.

"We are playing £2.5m sides against £10m sides, it just doesn't work out.

"The Welsh Rugby Union has to come out of the closet and say how they see regional rugby and Welsh international rugby.

"What is their view for the future? They have not said exactly what they think it is. They have to come out of the closet and do it."'


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/21126495



Martyn Hazell is spot on with this. Nothing is worse than uncertainty and the WRU's reluctance to make things clear is poor to say the least. All we've had from them is Roger Lewis's interview, and even then he stressed that it was just his 'personal opinion'.

The longer the WRU goes without telling us what their plan is for regional rugby, the more it appears that they don't have a plan at all.

Scarlet/Luckless

Your right, the Dragons are the only region that have enough clubs for a vote of no confidence, so technically from what I gather if they decide they want to challenge something they are best equiped to do so.

It may be their saving grace.

SS

Llanelli has always tried to include the region as they don't have the numbers to sustain a pro rugby club, they are the only region who actually needs a region, thats kinda my point. Llanelli is too small to represent a 1/4 of the country!