{"id":45527,"date":"2026-08-07T03:47:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T03:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/welsh-rugby-cuts-scarlets-chief-daniels-dismisses-ospreys-merger-prospect\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T03:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T03:48:01","slug":"welsh-rugby-cuts-scarlets-chief-daniels-dismisses-ospreys-merger-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/welsh-rugby-cuts-scarlets-chief-daniels-dismisses-ospreys-merger-prospect\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh rugby cuts: Scarlets chief Daniels dismisses Ospreys merger prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">WRU chiefs have said the process to decide the framework for the final decision will begin in December and finish before the end of the 2026-27 campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Daniels believes there is scope to continue with four Welsh regions, and would like the WRU to explain its rationale for removing a team in the west.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;From a club perspective, we feel that the decision, and the justification, for moving from four to three needs more work,&#8221; Daniels added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I understand that there is data which has been used to come up with this decision. It hasn&#8217;t been shared. We will really call for transparency in that discussion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;These are decisions that are going to have a long-lasting effect, not just on rugby, but on communities in west Wales. I think that needs a proper airing publicly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;Our position is that before you can come out and make statements which have such an impact on people in Wales, I still feel there is a discussion and justification needed for the move to reduce the number of teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Welsh rugby should be able to accommodate four teams, just as they do in Ireland and other countries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If there is data and evidence that we can&#8217;t, then let&#8217;s have the discussion about how you reduce the number of teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Even then, I think we would struggle to see how that should be isolated to the west and not be a broader Welsh rugby challenge to face.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Daniels says it is Scarlets&#8217; duty to ensure the uncertainty surrounding them does not creep into their on-field performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Instead, he feels the WRU&#8217;s current stance should unite Scarlets and wants to see everyone, players, supporters and staff, fighting for their future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/c39ep099pw0o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WRU chiefs have said the process to decide the framework for the final decision will begin in December and finish before the end of the 2026-27 campaign. Daniels believes there is scope to continue with four Welsh regions, and would like the WRU to explain its rationale for removing a team in the west. &#8220;From [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45529,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45527\/revisions\/45529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}