Welsh internationals strike action?

The four regions will still need players and there will be bigger gaps in squads if players go play outside of Wales so it's highly likely they would be offered contracts (no different to the usual end of contract negotiations) so that's a bit of a red herring. They are arguing over the new banding and the 20% bonus payments. 

The second issue - which was what the strike for the England game was about - was the players looking for resolution on three issues: the removal of the 60-cap rule; the players' union (WRPA) having a seat on the Professional Rugby Board, which is the body responsible for running professional rugby in Wales; and scrapping the proposed new contracts for Wales internationals which are 80% fixed and 20% based on win bonuses.  Now, it's easy to say that Wales have been rubbish and they don't deserve to get paid so much, but if you look at the first test in SA last summer, which we led for 75 minutes before losing to a penalty with the clock in the red - do they players deserve to be paid 20% less for that amount of effort?

And as well as those two problems, you've got the backdrop of the sexism and general behaviour of the dinosaurs at the WRU.  It's not specifically related to the players' issues, but we need to get rid of them and bring in a proper professional board to run Welsh Rugby.  If you look at their biographies, all of these people proudly advertise that they've been a member of their club for 50 years and bring that much experience to the table, but none of them has any experience in running a £100m business.

In the past the RFU was run by the elected officials on the council, and the clubs could theoretically replace them.

Now it is run by the professional managers, with the council merely a rubber stamp.

The question is how do you get rid of an appointed Executive.

Which is why we need the clubs to submit calls for an SGM.

Concerns have been raised over player welfare as the regions prepare to have their squads severely reduced. Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets are working towards squad budgets of £5.2m for the 2023-24 season and £4.5m in the following campaign. The Welsh Rugby Union said it anticipates regional squads to be around 44 players. However regional head coaches have said the real figure is expected to be closer to just 38 next season. The shortage for the 2023-24 campaign - described as a "reset" by Cardiff head coach Dai Young - is raising concerns over the demand on a smaller group and the potential dangers of relying on academy players. Coaches work on the basis of having 20% of their squad unavailable due to injury at any given time during the season. However international calls ups to the senior and under-20 teams could then leave regions struggling to field a match-day squad of 23 players, particularly during the autumn Test series and Six Nations. The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) insists talks are ongoing to ensure that does not happen.