Deadline for Cardiff buyout extended by WRUImage source, Huw Evans AgencyImage caption, Cardiff’s Arms Park home is adjacent to Principality Stadium in the Welsh capitalPublished3 hours ago57 Comments
Ospreys owners Y11 Sport & Media have an extra 30 days to negotiate their proposed takeover of Cardiff.
The initial period of exclusivity to negotiate the deal has expired with the deadline extended by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) to Wednesday, 22 April.
That is nine days after WRU chair Richard Collier-Keywood faces a vote of no confidence at an extraordinary general meeting of the governing body.
Leading figures at one of the WRU’s districts – Central Glamorgan Rugby Union (CGRU) – received backing to call the meeting.
Clubs will also vote on how the four council members who sit on the WRU board are decided, despite the current members being re-voted on as recently as last autumn.
Calls for the EGM followed the WRU’s contentious plans to cut the number of Welsh professional teams from four to three by June 2027.
In a statement the WRU reported it had “verified Ospreys owners Y11 as its preferred bidder for Cardiff Rugby on 22 January with an initial 60-day period of commercial exclusivity to negotiate terms put in place”.
The statement added: “A unanimous decision was taken by the WRU board to initially choose Y11 as the preferred bidder for Cardiff Rugby and negotiations have been taking place since that time.”



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