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Gareth Rhys Owen
Gareth Rhys Owen is a Welsh rugby commentator and multi-sport presenter — anchor of S4C's Clwb Rygbi rugby coverage and Scrum V presenter, and a regular rugby/cycling commentator for BBC, S4C, and BT Sport.
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Mar 6, 2026
Can Welsh rugby be saved?
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11:40Ed HarryHOST
What is the current situation with Governing Body, the Welsh rugby union? What are the financial difficulties they are facing and what are they attempting to do to get themselves out of that situation?
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11:51Gareth Rhys OwenGUEST
So comparatively, relatively to other surrounding nations, Wales is a poor country and we do not have many big businesses that so many other franchise or club sports team sort of pin their hopes on.
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12:09Gareth Rhys OwenGUEST
The Welsh rugby landscape is completely reliant on international ticket sales.
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12:16Gareth Rhys OwenGUEST
So there are clubs, we call them regions, there are teams, but their funding is dependent on how many tickets the national team sell.
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12:30Gareth Rhys OwenGUEST
The national team was performing well and money was coming in because people would turn up to watch Wales play.
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17:06Ed HarryHOST
four regional teams it puts me in mind if I've got a friend who covers county cricket and every time something goes wrong with the England national cricket team he will say on social media with a strong grain of truth in it I bet this is county cricket's fault as well and I think people can get pretty annoyed to be blamed for something which they might not see as being their fault