Scarlets secure investment to ensure stability
Scarlets play at the Parc y Scarlets ground in Llanelli [Huw Evans Picture Agency] The Scarlets say they have secured "significant further investment" to ensure the "future stability of the club and wider region". According to the Llanelli-based region the injection has come from "the existing funding group within the club". It is not thought to involve US-based company House of Luxury LLC (HOL) who were announced as potential future investors in August 2025.
In a statement making the funding announcement there is no mention of the outcome of the legal action they were involved in against the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), concerning the governing body's takeover of Cardiff in April 2025. Scarlets have endured an unsuccessful season as they lost all four games in Europe's Champions Cup and they lie 14th in the United Rugby Championship (URC) table with only Dragons and Zebre below them. They have brought in Nigel Davies as an interim director of rugby until the end of the season to work above head coach Dwayne Peel.
Welsh rugby is going through a tumultuous time with the WRU planning to reduce the number of professional sides from four to three. Ospreys owners Y11 Media & Sport are in talks with Welsh rugby's governing body to buy Cardiff. If an agreement cannot be made on how a professional side will be culled, the process could be put out to tender with Scarlets potentially battling it out with Ospreys for the west licence, with the other two licences earmarked for a team in Cardiff and east Wales.
An extraordinary general meeting (EGM) that was called for by 50 Welsh clubs will still be held , despite the announcement that WRU chair Richard Collier-Keywood will step down in July. Scarlets statement in full The Scarlets board can confirm the club has secured significant further investment for the future stability of the club and region. The investment is an important vote of confidence in the Scarlets, in Llanelli, the enduring strength of our rugby heritage and in the future of professional rugby in the region and its links to sport, community and culture in west Wales.
The club's priority and focus continues to be about protecting its future, providing stability for players, staff, stakeholders and supporters, and creating the time needed to consider the next stage of professional rugby development in Wales properly and responsibly. The additional investment is provided from within our existing funding group who are committed to the future of the club and who deeply understand Scarlets rugby and its importance to Welsh rugby and west Wales. We would like to thank our supporters, staff, players, partners and the wider Scarlets community for their loyalty and patience during a difficult period.