Project Reset (Welsh Rugby Union reform)

Project Reset
Project Reset
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Country	Wales
Governing body	Welsh Rugby Union
National team(s)	Wales
Registered players	79,800
National competitions
	Rugby World Cup; Six Nations; Rugby World Cup Sevens; World Rugby Sevens Series
Club competitions
	Pro14; European Rugby Champions Cup; European Rugby Challenge Cup; LV Cup; British and Irish Cup

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Project Reset is a proposed Welsh Rugby Union reform programme to restructure Welsh regional rugby. Recent years have indicated both regional and club rugby in Wales is in financial crisis, with sides such as Neath RFC closely defeating a liquidation order^[2] and Ospreys at risk of losing key players^[3] in 2019 and the 2019/20 season ahead.

A number of proposals are reportedly being mooted by the Union to reestablish Welsh rugby union as a competitor for nearby rivals such as the Irish Rugby Football Union and English Rugby Football Union whose sides have seen financial growth and test match success.

The Professional Rugby Board is reported to have concluded that the Ospreys and Scarlets should merge to form a west Wales super team in the pro 14, making room for a north Wales team affiliated to RGC 1404.^[4]

^ "International Rugby Board - WALES". Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
^ Rees, Paul (5 December 2018). "The Breakdown | Neath's sad decline laid bare as they face judgment day in court | Paul Rees". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
^ Southcombe, Matthew (22 February 2019). "Sean Holley claims Ospreys are on the verge of extinction". walesonline. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
^ "Project Reset: Wales bosses to discuss Scarlets-Ospreys merger". 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

[1] "International Rugby Board - WALES". Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

[2] Rees, Paul (5 December 2018). "The Breakdown | Neath's sad decline laid bare as they face judgment day in court | Paul Rees". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

[3] Southcombe, Matthew (22 February 2019). "Sean Holley claims Ospreys are on the verge of extinction". walesonline. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

[:1-4] "Project Reset: Wales bosses to discuss Scarlets-Ospreys merger". 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

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