WRU says EGM must take place after call to cancel

The Principality Stadium has hosted international games since 1999 [Huw Evans Agency] The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) says the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on 13 April will still take place despite the Welsh district that initiated the event calling it for to be cancelled. The Central Glamorgan Rugby Union (CGRU) initially succeeded in receiving the required 10% of backing from Welsh clubs to call the meeting. It had proposed three motions, which included a vote of no-confidence in WRU chair Richard Collier-Keywood and Professional Rugby Board (PRB) chair Malcolm Wall.

The third motion involved governance changes which included how the four council WRU members - who sit on the WRU board - are elected. After it was announced Collier-Keywood and Wall would be leaving their respective roles, the district wrote to clubs this week stating they would withdraw the motions and believed the EGM should be cancelled. The WRU confirmed today they have received the formal request from the CGRU to withdraw the three motions, but rejected calls for the EGM to be called off, saying legal obligations dictate it must go ahead.

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"Once an EGM has been formally called under company law and our articles of association, it cannot be cancelled. "This is not a choice the WRU is making - it is a legal requirement that governs how our democratic processes work and protects the rights of all 282 member clubs, including those who did not sign the original requisitions. "The EGM will therefore go ahead as planned on Monday 13 April 2026 at 18.