Plans for the event of the St Helen’s floor in Swansea – earmarked as the brand new residence of the Ospreys – have additionally been questioned because of current developments, with the native council set to take a position greater than £4m within the venture.
Rob Stewart, chief of Swansea Council, mentioned: “We stay 100% dedicated to supporting the Ospreys returning to St Helen’s as Swansea’s regional rugby base.
“Because the second largest metropolis in Wales with probably the most profitable rugby area and an in depth and long-established grassroots rugby base, it is important that we retain regional rugby in Swansea.
“We’re looking for clarification from Y11, the house owners of the Ospreys, about their involvement in any bid course of and their intentions for the Ospreys.
“The WRU’s ongoing lack of readability and failure to offer significant element is unacceptable. Their strategy has unsettled and alienated rugby supporters throughout Wales.
“With out transparency, nobody can decide whether or not the WRU’s proposals are in the very best pursuits of Welsh rugby. This uncertainty is damaging the sport, and we’re already seeing extra regional gamers go away Wales as a result of they can’t depend on a secure future right here.
“In mild of this, the council is contemplating all our choices, together with authorized motion, to safeguard the way forward for regional rugby in Swansea.”
The council acknowledged it could nonetheless decide to a brand new sports activities park within the metropolis, incorporating the Wales Nationwide Pool, rugby and cricket and have been “unaffected by the WRU’s plans for regional rugby”.
Fan group, Ospreys Supporters Membership, known as on house owners Y11 to “tackle these considerations instantly and at once” including that “the least our supporters deserve is a full rationalization”.
BBC Sport Wales have approached the WRU, Y11 and Ospreys for remark.
