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'Laughing Stock': The Collapse of Welsh Rugby
Available now on @ITVX
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Exclusive:
ITV News understands the Welsh Rugby Union received nearly £10m last month as a result of a CVC transaction with the the United Rugby Championship.
The four Welsh clubs were unaware of the deal and only learned of it after its completion.
Welsh Rugby Union received nearly £10m from new URC deal, @RhysWilliamsTV reports itv.com/news/2026-10-17/wels…
CONFIRMED: Tyson Fury v Anthony Joshua will take place in the Principality Stadium on December 11 @ITVWales
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🚨 𝙎𝙜ô𝙧 𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙮𝙣𝙤𝙡 | 🏴50-19🇿🇦
Buddugoliaeth - WHAT A WIN! 🔥👏
#CymruAmByth
"[Talks] didn't break down. I said no."
Craig Bellamy speaks for the first time after he explored leaving the Wales job to join Burnley over the summer @ITVWales
Women's rugby brought circa £1.7m to Welsh rugby last year & there is hope it will break even in the next 3 years.
WRU Director of Women's Rugby Nadine Griffiths strongly refutes the idea that pro women's rugby is coming at the expense of a region.
Interview tonight @ITVWales
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Alan Sheehan and Ashley Williams will be joining Craig Bellamy’s coaching staff ahead of this autumn’s UEFA Nations League campaign as Assistant Coaches.
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Welsh Rugby - where everything happens, but nothing seems to change.
Some thoughts on a year of carnage that got us absolutely nowhere for this week's @ITVWales Substack.
itvwalesnews.substack.com/p/…
It's been a year since the WRU publicly announced its intention to cut the number of pro sides.
Last night, we sat down with the man spearheading an attempt to overthrow the Union's Board, former Principality COO Rob Regan.
Extended interview here: itv.com/watch/news/welsh-rug…
WRU Board hit back after a week of calls for them to resign.
Say they are not ‘deaf to criticism’ but ‘it must come with credible alternatives’.
“The kinds of personal insults and attacks that have become far too commonplace are unacceptable.”
Statement from the Board below…
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After 63 seasons and more than 5,000 matches, 78-year-old Ken Wright from Swansea has officially become the world’s longest-serving referee. During the 1970s and 80s, Ken officiated at some of English football’s most iconic grounds - including Arsenal at Highbury, Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane and Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. itv.com/news/wales/2026-08-1…
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Swansea man sets Guinness World Record as longest-serving football referee in history itv.com/news/wales/2026-08-1…
Wow! What a second 50 metres from Ela Letton-Jones!
Closes a huge gap to clinch silver for Wales in the 100m Freestyle S13. 💪🏴
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Welsh sprinter Jeremiah Azu is getting ready to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. He told ITV Wales Sports Reporter Matt Southcombe that when he’s at the start line of a race, it feels like the whole world is watching. itv.com/watch/news/welsh-spr…
19-0 South Africa and Rassie Erasmus will probably be seething.
Boks have blown 3 or 4 attacking positions.
Wales just can’t handle the physicality.
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New faces in new places 🇧🇪🤝🏴
ALT Youri Tielemans and Karl Darlow meet in the Carrington gym.
BREAKING: The Scarlets have signed PRA25, which means all 4 pro teams have a financial agreement with the WRU through to summer 2028.
The abbreviation "PRA25" first landed in my inbox in Feb 2025. It took 17 months for all parties to sign it.
Dysfunctional.
All felt a bit familiar from Wales in the end.
🇦🇷 controlled vast majority of the match and contained 🏴 with relative ease.
Can’t think of a moment where the hosts looked particularly stretched in wide channels.
A backward step of a performance after some positive results.