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Wales Rugby in Financial Crisis
Wales rugby union reports £18.2m loss as WRU plans to cut a professional region by 2028/29.
In brief
Wales rugby union reports £18.2m loss as WRU plans to cut a professional region by 2028/29. Wales rugby union reported an £18.2m loss for 2026, forcing plans to cut one of its four professional regions by 2028/29. Originally reported by The Rugby Paper.
WRU reports £18.2m loss
The WRU has reported a staggering £18.2 million loss for the financial year ending June 2026.
Loss doubles from previous year
This loss has more than doubled from the £7.2 million loss recorded 12 months prior.
WRU plans to cut a region
Rugby bosses have admitted the current model of four professional regional teams is unsustainable and plan to cut one by 2028/29.
The one thing
Wales rugby union reported an £18.2m loss for 2026, forcing plans to cut one of its four professional regions by 2028/29.
