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Communication between the Cardiff Rugby board and the supporters is always constructive and something we have always encouraged

It would be nice to be able to take a step back from the consistently surprising world of Welsh rugby politics and finally be able to focus on matters on the field.

CF10’s Annual General Meeting will be held on WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH 2023 commencing at 7PM.

And so on it goes. At time of writing a solution to the impasse between the WRU and the Welsh professional teams has not presented itself.

Are we confident that this is completely unfounded speculation....

Last week we were proud to stand with our friends from the Ospreys and deliver a message to the WRU concerning the ongoing crisis that continues to blight the Welsh game.

The end of last season was difficult. Criticism was scathing from all quarters. Like sports fans the world over, when our team struggles, we feel it deeply and sometimes lash out.

Club rugby is under a tremendous amount of pressure at the moment and faces criticism from all sides, but what the WRU really have to remember is that rugby is not just about spreadsheets and success for Team Wales.

The professional game is teetering on the brink of financial collapse. At best the pro clubs face the need to make significant cuts to player salaries and squads sizes for the 2023/24 season. That is assuming they survive that long to be able to make the necessary contractual changes.

The WRU desperately needs to listen to its critical friends, which many of us are. Whether we grew up in the embrace of the local rugby club or came to it later in life via the professional game, we want the sport to succeed.

Cardiff vs Brive will always be associated with one particular match and one special player: Greg Kacala.

The communities of South Wales were built on coal, metal ore, religious revival and rugby football. The first two brought wealth and people. The third helped forge those people into communities. The fourth provided the means by which those people could conquer the world.