# ‘I’m no yes man’ – new WRU chair to review region cut

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/im-no-yes-man-new-wru-chair-to-review-region-cut/
- Published: 2026-10-26T08:00:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T08:12:50+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Sport (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cr4g13d0lxnjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Sport

## Key points

- Faulkner says he will review the proposed cut from four Welsh regions to three.
- He says he would reverse the plan if the review justified it.
- The WRU’s latest financial year showed an £18m loss.

## Summary

Lyndon Faulkner, who is due to become Welsh Rugby Union chair in November, says he will review the plan to reduce Wales’s professional regions from four to three in 2028. He rejects the idea that he was appointed to approve the change automatically, and says he would be prepared to reverse it if his review supported that.

Faulkner also wants to examine the WRU’s finances after it reported an £18m loss for the latest financial year, a figure he said surprised and worried him. He will chair the board and can influence its decisions, though he is not part of the executive team; he says the review should take account of the history of all four regions and the concerns of Ospreys and Scarlets, without extending an already lengthy process.

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