'Future of Welsh rugby in danger', warns interim CEO Nigel Walker
The future of Welsh rugby is in danger, warns interim CEO Nigel Walker as task force is set up to tackle problems in the organisation following claims of sexism, misogyny and racism
- Allegations of sexism, racism and misogyny have been levelled at the WRU
- They came in a BBC Documentary that investigated the governing body
- Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Steve Phillips resigned from his role
Welsh rugby has been told its very future is at stake by the man charged with resurrecting the game in the country after it was hit by an unprecedented crisis.
Former Wales wing Nigel Walker has taken over as interim chief executive of the Wales Rugby Unon after Steve Phillips resigned on Sunday after the organisation he had headed up was accused of sexism, misogyny and racism.
Walker and WRU chairman Ieuan Evans will implement a task force to get to the bottom of the problems at the organisation.
Performance director Nigel Walker has taken over as chief executive on an interim basis
Sportsmail revealed last March that former WRU employee Charlotte Wathan had made a string of allegations about her treatment in her time at the organisation. Chief among them was that one of Wathan’s old colleagues had joked he wanted to ‘rape’ her.
Wathan featured in a BBC documentary last week in which she and more former WRU employees made further allegations. It left Phillips’ position untenable.
‘If we are not prepared to change, the future of Welsh rugby and the WRU is in danger,’ said Walker, at a rapidly-arranged press conference in Cardiff on Monday. ‘It’s about restoring credibility and it will be up to people outside the organisation to tell us when they think we have restored credibility.’
Walker and WRU chairman Ieuan Evans will implement a task force to address the issues
Welsh Rugby Union chief Steve Phillips resigned after a turbulent week for the governing body
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